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Complete the following paragraph with the words given in brackets.
(Cro-Magnon, brain, fire, agriculture, Cultural, homo-sapiens, wise man)
Evolution of upright man continued in the direction of developing its ________ for the period of about 1 lakh years and meanwhile it discovered the __________. Brain of a 50 thousand year old man had been sufficiently evolved to the extent that it could be considered as a member of the class _______. Neanderthal man can be considered as the first example of _______. The _______ man evolved about 50 thousand years ago and afterwards, this evolution had been faster than the earlier. About 10 thousand years ago, wise-man started to practice the _______. It started to rear the cattle-herds and established the cities. _______ development took place.
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Solution
Evolution of upright man continued in the direction of developing its brain for the period of about 1 lakh years and meanwhile it discovered the fire. Brain of a 50 thousand year old man had been sufficiently evolved to the extent that it could be considered as a member of the class homo-sapiens. Neanderthal man can be considered as the first example of wise man. The Cro-Magnon man evolved about 50 thousand years ago and afterwards, this evolution had been faster than the earlier. About 10 thousand years ago, wise-man started to practice the agriculture. It started to rear the cattle-herds and established the cities. Cultural development took place.
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