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## Evolution ### Homo Erectus - 1,00,000-40,000 years ago - Found in near east and central Asia - Had heavy brow ridges and humped backs - Were skilled hunters and cannibals - Used fire and buried their dead with flowers and tools - May have had a religion ### Cro-Magnon Man (Homo sapiens fossili...

## Evolution ### Homo Erectus - 1,00,000-40,000 years ago - Found in near east and central Asia - Had heavy brow ridges and humped backs - Were skilled hunters and cannibals - Used fire and buried their dead with flowers and tools - May have had a religion ### Cro-Magnon Man (Homo sapiens fossilis) - 34,000 years ago - Discovered in 1868 in France - Well-built body - Perfectly orthognathous (Jaws do not project forward) - Moderate brow ridges - Strong jaw with man-like dentition - Well developed chin - Cranial capacity was 1650 cc (Larger than humans today) - Made stone, bone and elephant tusk tools - Used spears, bows and arrows - Used skin for clothing - Created cave paintings - Became extinct around 10,000-11,000 years ago ### The Living Modern Man (Homo sapiens sapiens) - 75,000- 10,000 years ago - Had a slight raising of the skull cap - Skull bones were thinner - Cranial capacity decreased to 1300-1600 cc - Four curves in the vertebral column - Appeared around the Caspian and Mediterranean Sea - Agriculture started about 10,000 years ago - Human settlements started