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Can we call human evolution as adaptive radiation?
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Yes, human evolution is an example of adaptive radiation as different species of human evolved across different areas of world as they diverged to different areas in following fashion.
(i) Hominid introduction occured in Africa and Asia.
(ii) Homo habilis lived in Africa - 2 million years ago.
(iii) Homo erectus- migrated to Asia and Europe and diverged into 2 species-Java Man and Peking Man.
(iv) Similarly Homo erectus - was followed by Homo sapiens.

Fig. Schematic representation of Evolution of Man. Age, height and cranial capacity are also given
(i) Hominid introduction occured in Africa and Asia.
(ii) Homo habilis lived in Africa - 2 million years ago.
(iii) Homo erectus- migrated to Asia and Europe and diverged into 2 species-Java Man and Peking Man.
(iv) Similarly Homo erectus - was followed by Homo sapiens.

Fig. Schematic representation of Evolution of Man. Age, height and cranial capacity are also given
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