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Can we call human evolution as an adaptive radiation? Explain.

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Human evolution from. Australopithecus (African apeman) having many ape-like sturctural characteristics to Homo sapiens sapiens (modern man ) having many advaced feraures cannot be considered as adaptive radiation. It its the case of descent with modification in which more advanved types are evolved from the simpler forms. In human evolution, there appears a parallel evolution of human brain and language.
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