NEET UG 2026 · Zoology · Question 160
NEET 2026 Zoology, question 160
Question 160 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Zoology question from Evolution. Its idea, Origin and Spread of Homo sapiens, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q160 · Zoology
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Modern Homo sapiens arose in Australia and moved across continents.
Statement II: Homo sapiens arose around 75000 to 10000 years ago.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- 1Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
- 2Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
- 3Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
- 4Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correctOfficial answer
Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Origin and Spread of Homo sapiens
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Origin and Spread of Homo sapiens: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Evolution in ten years of NEET
28 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.7 a paper. Origin of Life and Human Evolution alone had 5.