Answer:
The correct option is option b that is<em> Homo erectus</em> is the common ancestor of<em> Homo neanderthalensis</em> and<em> Homo sapiens.</em>
Explanation:
<em>Homo erectus </em>appears about 2 mya, possibly during the Pleistocene epoch and are considered as direct ancestor of human.They are called as upright man as they use legs for walking without any support.They are thought to be capable of doing certain things like hunting, starting fire,art making, create speech etc.
<em>Homo neanderthal</em> was the most recent ancestor species of modern human as they appear about 40,000 years ago.
They became extinct as they did't fight against environmental hazards and the major cause of their extinction that scientists have claimed that they did't adapt the modern techniques that the modern human does.
