Human Evolution: Skull Line-up

Also called

human evolution · Dryopithecus · Ramapithecus · Australopithecus · Homo habilis · Homo erectus · Neanderthal man · Homo sapiens · cranial capacity · brain size · skull · foramen magnum · upright posture · stone tools · hominid fossils · origin of man · मानव विकास · खोपड़ी · होमो सेपियन्स · कपाल क्षमता

Topics

• About 15 million years ago the ape-like Dryopithecus and the more man-like Ramapithecus walked and ate like apes.
• Australopithecus lived in East African grasslands about 2 million years ago and hunted with stone weapons.
• Homo habilis, the first human-like being, had a brain of 650–800 cc and probably did not eat meat.
• Homo erectus, about 1.5 million years ago, had a large brain of about 900 cc and probably ate meat.
• Neanderthal man (brain 1400 cc) lived 100,000–40,000 years ago, used hides for clothing and buried the dead.
• Homo sapiens arose in Africa and spread across the continents; cave art appeared about 18,000 years ago.
• Along the line the brain case grows, the jaw and teeth shrink and the face flattens under a smaller brow.
• The foramen magnum, where the spine enters the skull, moves under the skull as posture becomes upright.
• Agriculture began about 10,000 years ago and human settlements started to grow.

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