We are told that evolution is a continuing phenomenon for all living things. Are humans also evolving? Justify your answer.

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(A) Yes, humans are also evolving. Fossils provide evidence that evolution is a continuous phenomenon.
Our ancestors, such as $Ramapithecus$, $Australopithecus$, $Homo \text{ } habilis$, $Homo \text{ } erectus$, $Neanderthal$ man, and $Cro-magnon$ man, evolved continuously, and modern man $(Homo \text{ } sapiens \text{ } sapiens)$ arose from certain modifications.
About $15 \text{ } mya$, $Dryopithecus$ and $Ramapithecus$ existed. They were hairy and walked like gorillas and chimpanzees. $Ramapithecus$ was more man-like, while $Dryopithecus$ was more ape-like.
About $2 \text{ } mya$, $Australopithecines$ lived in East African grasslands and ate fruits. They had ape-like characters such as small stature, large incisors, supraorbital ridges, and were chinless. They also had man-like characters such as erect posture, bipedalism, and a lumbar curve. $Homo \text{ } habilis$ was the first human-like hominid.
The brain capacity of $Homo \text{ } habilis$ was between $650-800 \text{ } cc$. They probably did not eat meat. They showed bipedal, erect posture and were the first tool makers (handy man).
Fossils discovered in Java in $1891$ revealed the next stage, $Homo \text{ } erectus$, about $1.5 \text{ } mya$. They had a large brain of $900 \text{ } cc$. They probably ate meat, were the first to use fire, and were chinless.
$Neanderthal$ man had a brain capacity of $1400 \text{ } cc$. They lived in near-east and central Asia between $1,00,000$ and $40,000$ years ago. They used animal hides to protect their bodies and buried their dead. They were cave dwellers.
$Homo \text{ } sapiens$ arose $75,000-10,000$ years ago during the ice age. Pre-historic cave art developed about $18,000$ years ago. Modern humans have a flat forehead, a present chin, no supra-orbital ridge, and an erect posture. Thus, we can conclude that evolution is a continuing phenomenon even in humans.

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