(Q022) Which of the following statements is true?Group of answer choicesHominins first appeared in the late Mesozoic.The human genus, Homo, first appeared more than 7 million years ago.Fossils of modern humans (Homo sapiens) date back about 200,000 years.The Mesozoic is known as the Age of Mammals.
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(Q022) Which of the following statements is true?Group of answer choicesHominins first appeared in the late Mesozoic.The human genus, Homo, first appeared more than 7 million years ago.Fossils of modern humans (Homo sapiens) date back about 200,000 years.The Mesozoic is known as the Age of Mammals.
Solution
The statement that is true is: "Fossils of modern humans (Homo sapiens) date back about 200,000 years."
Here's why:
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Hominins first appeared in the late Mesozoic: This is incorrect. Hominins, the group of species that includes humans and our closest extinct relatives, first appeared in the fossil record in Africa about 6-7 million years ago, during the late Miocene epoch, not the Mesozoic.
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The human genus, Homo,
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