Human Origin and Evolution: BANC 104

Tutor Marked Assignment

(TMA)

Course Code: BANC 104

Assignment Code: BANC 104/ASST/TMA/2023-24
Total Marks: 100

There are three Sections in the Assignment. Answer all the questions in all the three
sections.

Assignment –I
Answer any two of the following questions in about 500 words each. 20x2
a. Discuss in brief process of fossilization.
b. Briefly discuss in brief anatomical changes during bipedalism.
c. Explain relative dating methods.

Assignment –II
Answer the following questions in about 250 words each. 10x2
a. Write short notes on the following
i. Neanderthal culture and tool types
ii. Early Homo sapiens: Fossil evidences and distribution

Answer any two of the following questions in about 150 words each. 5x2
i. Anatomical features of Archaic Homo sapiens
ii. Evolution and extinction of the Australopithecus
iii. Phylogenetic status and lifeways of Homo erectus.

Assignment –III
Answer the following questions in the about 250 words 10x3=30
a. Discuss Norma frontalis.
b. Define osteometry. Describe in brief Femur.
c. Discuss in brief different measurements on tibia and humerus.