This document summarizes the evolution of man from early primate ancestors like Propliopithecus through different hominin species like Homo erectus, Neanderthals, and Cro-Magnon man. Key transitional species discussed include Australopithecus, which had characteristics of both apes and humans, and Homo erectus, considered the first true humans. Neanderthals were an advanced primitive species that lived in Europe and West Asia until around 25,000 years ago, while Cro-Magnon man was a extinct modern human that originated around 3 million years ago.

1. EVOLUTION OF MAN
MAN A UNIQUE PRODUCT OF EVOLUTIONARY
FORCES.

2. CLASSIFICATION
PHYLUM :CHORDATA
CLASS :MAMMALIA
ORDER :PRIMATES
SUB ORDER :ANTHROPOIDEA
GENU :HOMO
SPECIES :SAPIENS

3. MAN
APPEARED
ABOUT
3 MILLION
YEARS
AGO

4. ANCESTORS OF MAN

5. FOSSILS OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

6. PROPLIOPITHECUS
• APE-LIKE
PRIMATE.
• SHORT ARMS.
• LIVED IN
OLIGOCENE
PERIOD
• ANCESTORS OF
MODERN APES
AND MAN.

7. AEGYPTOPITHECUS
• FOSSIL APE.
• SIMILAR TO
PROPLIOPITH
ECUS.
• LIVED IN
MIOCENE
PERIOD.

8. DRYOPITHECUS
• LIVED IN
MIOCENE PERIOD.
• DESCENDED
FROM
PROPLIOPITHECU
S.
• FORE LIMBS
SHORTER THAN
HIND LIMBS.
• DISTANT
ANCESTOR OF
MAN.

9. RAMAPITHECUS
• APE-MAN.
• LIVED IN LATE
MIOCENE AND
EARLY PLIOCENE
PERIOD.
• FOSSIL CONTAINS
ONLY JAWS AND
DENTITION.
• COLLECTED FROM
INDIA AND AFRICA.
• DIRECT ANCESTOR

10. AUSTRALOPITHECUS
• APE-MAN.
• CONNECTING
LINK BETWEEN
MAN AND APE.
• AUSTRALOPITHE
CUS AFRICANUS
IS A COMMON
FOSSIL.

11. HUMAN CHARACTERS OF
AUSTRALOPITHECUS
• ERECT POSTURE WITH 4 FT
HEIGHT.
• BIPEDAL LOCOMOTION.
• BASIN-LIKE PELVIC GIRDLE.
• DENTITION LIKE MAN.
• HANDS USED FOR NON-
LOCOMOTORY FUNCTIONS.

12. HOMO ERECTUS
• FIRST TRUE MAN.
• PRIMITIVE MAN.
• CONNECTING LINK
BETWEEN APE-
MAN AND
MODERN MAN.
• ALSO CALLED
JAVA MAN.
• LIVED IN JAVA
AND PEKING.

13. FEATURES OF HOMO ERECTUS
• BIPEDAL LOCOMOTION.
• TALLER THAN
AUSTRALOPITHECUS.
• FLATTENED SKULL.
• CANNIBALISTIC.
• THEY WERE HUNTERS AND
GATHERERS.
• LESS BODY HAIR AND BLACK.

14. HEIDELBERG MAN
• PRIMITIVE MAN.
• FOUND NEAR
HEIDELBERG
RIVER.
• ANCESTOR TO
NEANDERTHAL
MAN.
• HOMO
HEIDELBERGENS

15. RHODESIAN MAN
• PRIMITIVE MAN.
• FOUND IN
RHODESIA.
• LIVED IN LATE
PLIOCENE
PERIOD.
• RECEDING
FOREHEAD.
• HOMO

16. NEANDERTHAL MAN
• ADVANCED
PRIMITIVE MAN.
• FOUND IN NEANDER
VALLEY.
• ORIGINATED
1,50,000 YEARS
AGO.
• EXTINCT 25,000
YEARS AGO.
• HOMO
NEANDERTHALENSI
S.

17. FEATURES OF NEANDERTHAL
MAN
• SLIGHTLY SHORTER THAN
MODERN MAN.
• LOW FOREHEAD.
• LARGE TEETH.
• SKILLFUL USE OF TOOLS.
• DEVELOPED SPEECH.

18. CRO-MAGNON MAN
• EXTINCT MODERN
MAN.
• ORIGINATED 3
MILLION YEARS
AGO.
• EXTINCT 20,000
YEARS AGO.
• LIVED IN OLD
STONE AGE.
• LIVED IN CAVES.
• THEY WERE
HUNTERS AND