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The first human like creature found in East African grasslands was known as:

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Homo habilis

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Dryopithecus

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Australopithecines

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Ramapithecus

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Solution

The correct option is A
Homo habilis

found in East African grasslands were slightly different in structures of earlier found structures. They are more or less like the humans and thus given the name

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