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Question : The earliest hominids that evolved more than four million years ago were

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Homo erectus
Australopithecus
Cro-Magnon Man
Neanderthal Man.

Solution :Origin of Homo sapiens . DNA analysis indicates the possibility that human species originated about `200,000` year agoin Africa from a single female/Eve. Separation of human races occurred into asian, european, AUSTRALIAN and other stockes about `100,000 - 50,000` years back. It is called out of Africa model.The other view POINT, called MULTIREGIONAL model, BELIEVES that H. sapiens developed from H. erectus in many parts of world roughly at the same time due to same selective pressure.
Neanderthals (Homo sapiens neanderth-alensis)livedin europe and middle east. They were adaptedto cold conditions with heavy built and large-sized brain. Neanderthals died out about `40,000` years ago.DNA test indicates that they are not closely related to modern human beings.


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