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What are the five stages of human evolution?


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Stages of human evolution:

  1. These forefathers are supposed to have spawned both humans and apes.
  2. Among other places, they lived in China, Africa, Europe, and India.
  3. The Dryopithecus genus includes oak wood apes. The individuals may have been mostly herbivores because the tropical lowlands where Dryopithecus resided were densely forested at the time.

Ramapithecus

  1. Their remains were originally discovered in Punjab's Shivalik mountain, then in Africa and Saudi Arabia.
  2. They are Hominids, according to two pieces of evidence: thicker enamel on their teeth, stronger jaws, and shorter canines.
  3. Extrapolations of upright posture and the use of hands for eating and defense.


Australopithecus

  1. In South Africa, the first fossil of this genus was discovered in 1924.
  2. They walked upright, slept on the ground, and fought with stones.
  3. They weighed between 60 and 80 pounds and were four feet tall.

Homo Erectus

  1. The first Homo Erectus fossil was found in Java in 1891.
  2. These creatures were given the name Pithecanthropus Erectus.
  3. The missing link between humans and chimps was considered to be these. Another Chinese find was the Peking man.
  4. This animal was supposed to have lived in groups and had a large cranial capacity.
  5. Homo erectus made use of quartz-based tools. There were also bone and wood-based implements discovered. There has been evidence of collective hunting. There is also evidence of the use of fire.

Homo Sapiens Sapiens:

  1. Fossils were originally unearthed in Europe and given the moniker Cro-Magnon.
  2. The jaws are greatly shortened, the contemporary man's chin appears, and the head is rounded in these.
  3. Their cranial capacity was around 1350 cubic centimetres. Hunting provided them with food. During this time, art began to emerge.

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