Given below are two stages in the evolution of man. Study them and answer the questions that follow: Given below are two stages in the evolution of man. Study them and answer the questions that follow:
Identify Australopithecus and Neanderthal man from the above pictures.
Topic: Australopithecus and Neanderthal man
Answer
A — NEANDERTHAL MAN (more human in appearance, with a larger skull, though with prominent brow ridges and a receding chin) B — AUSTRALOPITHECUS (more ape-like, with a small skull, heavy jaw and projecting face)
Identify them by how APE-LIKE or HUMAN-LIKE each appears, since the line of evolution runs steadily from one to the other: AUSTRALOPITHECUS is the earlier and more primitive — small brain (450-600 cc), projecting jaw, heavy face NEANDERTHAL MAN is far later and much closer to us — a brain of about 1450 cc, but still with prominent brow ridges and almost no chin
THE PATTERN that lets you order any two hominids in a picture: along the line of human evolution the BRAIN grows, the BROW RIDGES shrink, the JAW becomes lighter and the CHIN appears.