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(A) The continent of $Africa$ is widely considered the 'cradle of humankind'.Extensive paleoanthropological research has revealed that the earliest an

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(A) The continent of $Africa$ is widely considered the 'cradle of humankind'.Extensive paleoanthropological research has revealed that the earliest ancestors of humans, such as $Australopithecus$ and early species of the genus $Homo$, originated and evolved in $Africa$.Due to the favorable geological conditions for fossil preservation and the long history of human evolution in this region, the largest number of prehistoric human fossils have been discovered in $Africa$.

List-$I$	List-$II$
$(a)$ $Dryopithecus$	$(i)$ $100,000 - 40,000$ years ago
$(b)$ $Homo$ $erectus$	$(ii)$ $15$ mya
$(c)$ $Neanderthal$ $man$	$(iii)$ $1.5$ mya
$(d)$ $Australopithecines$	$(iv)$ $2$ mya

In which continent have the most fossils of prehistoric humans been found?

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List-$I$ List-$II$

$(a)$ $Dryopithecus$ $(i)$ $100,000 - 40,000$ years ago

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