Which of the following had the smallest brain capacity?

Which of the following had the smallest brain capacity?
  1. Homo erectus
  2. Homo sapiens
  3. Homo neanderthalensis
  4. Homo habilis

Solution

In the history of human evolution, Homo habilis (Handy man) is considered to be the first human which evolved from Australopithecus. It had the smallest brain capacity among all the species, somewhere within a range of 650-800cc. There is a high possibilty that these hominids did not eat meat.

Asked in: NEET 2015 (Phase 1)

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