Question
Australopithecus.
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Answer
- Australopithecus is considered as connecting link between ape and man.
- Its fossils were obtained from Toung valley in South Africa, from Ethiopia and Tanzania.
- It was in late Pliocene or early Pleistocene epoch about 4 to 1.8 million years ago.
- It was about 4 feet tall. It had prognathus face, with larger jaws. Chin was absent. Lumbar curvature was present.
- It walked upright.
- The cranial capacity was about 450 to 600 CC. Therefore, it was called man with ape brain.
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