Name 

Brain capacity 

Posture 

Food 

Features

1. 

Dryopithec us Africans

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Knuckle walker, walked similar to gorillas and chimpanzees (was more ape-like) 

Soft fruit and leaves 

Canines large, arms and legs are of equal size

2.

Ramapithe cus 

- - - 

Semi-erect (more manlike) 

Seeds, nuts 

Canines were small while molars were large.

3.

Australopit Thecus Africanus 

450 ${\mathrm{cm}}^3$

Full erect posture, height (1.05 m) 

Herbivor ous (ate fruits) 

Hunted with stone weapons, lived at trees, canines and incisors were small

4.

Homo habilis 

735${\mathrm{cm}}^3$

Fully erect posture, height (1.5 m) 

Carnivorous 

Canines were small. They were first tool makers.

5.

Homo erectus 

8001100 ${\mathrm{cm}}^3$

Fully erect posture, height (1.51.8 m ) 

Omnivorous 

They used stone and bone tools for hunting games. 

6.

Homoneanderthalnsis 

13001600 ${\mathrm{cm}}^3$

Fully erect posture, height (1.5-1.66 m) 

Omnivorous 

Cave dwellers used hides to protect their bodies and buried their dead 

7.

Homo sapiens fossils 

1650 ${\mathrm{cm}}^3$

Fully erect posture with height (1.8 m) 

Omnivorous They had a strong jaw with teeth close together. 

They were cave dwellers, made paintings and carvings in the caves. They developed a culture and were called the first modern men.

8.

Homo sapiens sapiens 

12001600 ${\mathrm{cm}}^3$ 

Fully erect posture, height (1.5-1.8 m ) 

Omnivorous 

They are living modern men, with high intelligence. They developed art, culture, language, speech, etc. They cultivated crops and domesticated animals