Question

Trace the various components of human evolution in the light of the following characteristic:

dietary preference

Answer 1

1. Early fossil apes like Dryopithecus consumed soft leaves.
2. Ramapithecus shifted to a diet including seeds and nuts.
3. Australopithecines were mainly herbivorous but gradually showed omnivorous tendencies.
4. Homo habilis and later species were omnivorous with evidence of hunting and meat consumption.
5. Homo erectus used fire, which aided cooking and expanded dietary options.
6. Neanderthals and Cro-magnon man had a varied omnivorous diet with hunting of large game and gathering plants.