Question

Arrange the following human ancestral races in chronological order and write one salient feature of them.
(a) Australopithecus
(b) Cro-Magnon
(c) Zinzanthropus
(d) Neanderthal man

Answer 1

a) Australopithecus: Walking pattern and posture was erect, the forehead was short, the cranial capacity was less than the modern man.

b) Cro-magnon man: The body structure and built was heavy, the cranial capacity was high.

c) Zizanthropus: Enlarged cerebrum, hands and legs straight, walking pattern straight and erect, can hold the objects in hand, have the binocular type of vision.

d) Neanderthal man: The body structure was short, heavy built, slanting forehead, small chin and heavy brow ridges.