Correct option:(C)Dryopithecus
Solution:
- Human evolution possess four main stages in the origin of man.
- These are ape stage, ape-men stage, primitive men (prehistoric men) and modern man.
- Ape stage includes Propliopithecus and Dryopithecus.
- Ape-men stage includes Ramapithecus, Kenyapithecus and Australopithecus.
- Primitive men includes Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis.
- Modern man includes Homo sapiens fossilis and Homo sapiens sapiens.