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Question
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The extinct human ancestor, who ate only fruits and hunted with stone weapons was

  • Ramapithecus

  • Australopithecus

  • Dryopithecus

  • Homo erectus.

Solution

B.

Australopithecus

Australopithecus apparently evolved in eastern Africa around four million years ago before spreading throughout the continent and eventually becoming extinct two million years ago. Australopithecus is not literally extinct (in the sense of having no living descendants) as the KenyanthropusParanthropus and Homo genera probably emerged as sister of a late Australopithecus species such as A. Africanus and/or A. Sediba.