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Railways PYQCBT 1 2016

RRB NTPC · Question 72

The most recently discovered link in human evolution is the discovery of fossils of:

  1. Lucy

  2. Homo naledi

  3. Homo sapiens

  4. Austiopithelines

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Answer: (B) Homo naledi

Explanation

Homo naledi, a new species of ancient human relative, was announced in September 2015 from fossils found in the Rising Star cave system in South Africa. It was the most recently discovered link in human evolution when this question was set.