Describe the complete account of human evolution with examples.

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(N/A) About $15$ million years ago,primates called Dryopithecus and Ramapithecus were existing. They were hairy and walked like gorillas and chimpanzees. Ramapithecus was more man-like while Dryopithecus was more ape-like.
Few fossils of man-like bones have been discovered in Ethiopia and Tanzania (see image). These revealed features lead to the belief that man-like primates walked in eastern Africa about $3-4$ million years ago. They were probably not taller than $4$ feet but walked upright.
Two million years ago,Australopithecines probably lived in the East African grasslands. Evidence shows they hunted with stone weapons but essentially ate fruit. Some of the bones discovered were different. This creature was called the first human-like being,the hominid,called Homo habilis.
The brain capacities were between $650-800 \, cc$. They were probably not meat-eaters. Fossils discovered in Java in $1891$ revealed the next stage,i.e.,Homo erectus,about $1.5$ million years ago. Homo erectus had a large brain,around $900 \, cc$.
Homo erectus probably ate meat. The Neanderthal man with a brain size of $1400 \, cc$ lived in near east and central Asia between $1,00,000$ and $40,000$ years back.
They used hides to protect their body and buried their dead. Homo sapiens arose in Africa and moved across continents and developed into distinct races.
During the ice age between $75,000-10,000$ years ago,modern Homo sapiens arose. Pre-historic cave art developed about $18,000$ years ago. One such cave painting by pre-historic humans can be seen at Bhimbetka rock shelter in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh. Agriculture came around $10,000$ years back and human settlements started.

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