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(B) The correct answer is option $B$ because the fossils recovered in Java in $1891$, dating back to about $1.5 \, 	ext{mya}$, were identified as $Ho

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Homo erectus

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(B) The correct answer is option $B$ because the fossils recovered in Java in $1891$, dating back to about $1.5 \, 	ext{mya}$, were identified as $Homo \, erectus$ and had a cranial capacity of approximately $900 \, cc$.Option $A$ is incorrect because $Australopithecus$ lived in East African grasslands about $2 \, 	ext{mya}$.Option $C$ is incorrect because the cranial capacity of Neanderthal man was about $1400 \, cc$.Option $D$ is incorrect because $Homo \, sapiens$ arose during the ice age between $75,000$ to $10,000$ years ago.

$A$ Hominid fossil discovered in Java in $1891$, now extinct, having a cranial capacity of about $900 \, cc$ was:

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