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Try to trace the various components of human evolution (Hint : Brain size and function, skeletal structure, dietary preference, etc.),

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With time, the brain size increased quite significantly.

Skeletal structures has changed from ape like, semi erect posture and a projecting jaw to broad forehead, a well - developed chin, no projecting jaw and providing an ability to walk on its two hindlimbs.

Cranial size increased from 500cc to about 1450cc.

From an arboreal habitat, he became a cave dweller.

From a lone wanderer he exhibited social behavior and became a family man

He practised religion and burried the dead.

He became a hunter and a tool maker.

From a primarily herbivorous appetite , he became a carnivore, a cannibal and finally an omnivore.


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