
Vol 1 Ep 3 - Homo habilis
History of the World podcast
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The Evolution of Homo Habelis
History of the world, orginally edited by the celebrated historian john whitney hall. Hall's book states that homo habelis had a larger brain than ostrolepithicus africanus. The fact that homohabelis only stood at just over four feet in height would suggest that its diet was also very similar to the diet thought to have been associated with astra lopithacus. Some scientists have suggested something called the expensive tissue hypothesis. In order for the brain size to increase in civilization, there has be a compromise of one of the other expensive organs of the body. And this is where the stone tools come in.
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