1.4 Human Evolution and emergence of Man: a) Biological and Cultural factors in human evolution. b) Theories of Organic Evolution (Pre- Darwinian, Darwinian and Post- Darwinian). c) Synthetic theory of evolution; Brief outline of terms and concepts of Evolutionary biology (Doll’s Rule, Cope’s rule, Gause’s rule, Parallelism, convergence, adaptive radiation, and mosaic evolution).

1.4 Human Evolution and emergence of Man:
a) Biological and Cultural factors in human evolution.
b) Theories of Organic Evolution (Pre- Darwinian, Darwinian and Post- Darwinian).
c) Synthetic theory of evolution; Brief outline of terms and concepts of Evolutionary biology (Doll’s Rule, Cope’s rule, Gause’s rule, Parallelism, convergence, adaptive radiation, and mosaic evolution).

Previous Questions:

* Elucidate Biological & cultural factors in Human Evolution. (15Marks 2015)

* Critically examine the Darwin’s theory of evolution in understanding Evolution. (15Marks 2015)

* Biological Evolution of early man (S.N – 1997)

* How Darwinism differs from the synthetic theory of organic evolution? (L.Q -1994)

* What is Synthetic Theory of Evolution? Discuss how this theory helps us in understanding the evolutionary mechanism. (L.Q. 1993)

Similar Question – 

* Synthetic theory of evolution (S.N – 1992)

* What is organic evolution? Give evidences for human evolution. (S.N-1992)

Similar Questions – 

* What is Organic Evolution? Describe the theories of organic evolution. (L.Q-1991)

* Theory of organic evolution (S.N – 1985)

* Micro evolution (S.N – 1990)

* Elucidate the theory of Evolution as put forward by Lamark.

* Give a critical account of the processes of organic evolution and explain how they contribute to speciation. (LQ – 1988)

* Biological evolution and concept of new Physical Anthropology (S.N -1986)

* Lamarckism & Darwinism (S.N – 1986)