– Ape |
– Human |
– Cranium enlarged; brain size 500cm3; low learning capacity |
– Cranium greatly expanded; brain size 1350cm3; high intellectual capacity |
– Large incisor and canine teeth useful in defense and killing prey; omnivorous |
– Small incisor and canine teeth unsuitable for self-defense or for killing prey; omnivorous |
– Locomotion quadrupedal (on 4 limbs) |
– Locomotion bipedal (on 2 limbs) |
– Forelimbs used for arboreal locomotion and walking; opposable thumb |
– Forelimbs (hands) used for manipulation e.g. tool making; opposable thumb |
– Hind foot has opposable toe for grasping branches |
– Non-opposable toe in foot; used mainly for stability on the ground |