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Write the characteristics of the following

(i) Ramapithecus

(ii) Dryopithecus

(iii) Neanderthal man

Answer:

(i) Ramapithecus (14-15 mya)

(a) They were more man like and walked more erect.

(b) They were ground dwellers.

(ii) Dryopithecus (20-25 mya)

(a) Earliest man, looked more ape like, hairy.

(b) Arms and legs were of same size.

(iii) Neanderthal man (1,00,000-40,000 yrs ago)

(a) Brain size 1400 cc.

(b) Cave dwellers, used hides as clothes and buried their dead.