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ZoologyLocomotion and MovementLocomotionMedium2 minPYQ_2004
ZoologyMediumsingle choice
Assertion : From evolutionary point of view, human gestation period is believed to be shortening. Reason : One major evolutionary trend in humans has been the larger head undergoing relatively faster growth rate in the foetal stage.
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Answer:
D
Solution:
The head size is increasing (especially the frontal brain) hence growth rate needs to increase but surprisingly most of the brain growth occurs after birth till 2 years (when the anterior fontanellae close at 18 months) and some more till 30 years when finally the cranial sutures close. Thus an increase in brain/ skull size would required increase in gestation period, hence both assertion and reason are false.
Stream:AIIMSSubject:ZoologyTopic:Locomotion and MovementSubtopic:Locomotion
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