Differentiate between the eating habit and brain size of Australopithecus and Ramapithecus.

Explanation

(i) The earliest fossils of the prehistoric man like Ramapithecus lived some 14 mya. They were hairy and walked like gorillas and chimpanzees.
(ii) They had a brain capacity of 1300 cc.
(iii) They lived on tough food consisting of seeds and savannah grasses and had wll developed grains and heavy molars.
(iv) Australopithecus had a brain capacity of 461 cc, teeth consisted of small canines and large molars. Good are softer foods consisting of grass, leaves and fruits.