• The main difference was originally that the genus Homo were tool makers, while Australopithecines were not.
• The main characteristics by which we distinguish Homo from Australopithecus are a larger brain (encephalization) and smaller dentition. Both are primarily due to diet.

The term Hominoid refers to great apes and humans collectively. Hominoids have smaller brain . Hominoids are quadrupeds but with flexible forelimbs. Hominoids have larger jaw

Fossils are the remains or traces of ancient life that have been preserved by natural processes, from spectacular skeletons to tiny sea shells. Imprints, tracks and trails can also become fossilised, like dinosaur footprints or worm burrows. These are called trace fossils.

Early humans would have obtained food through a number of ways, such as gathering, hunting, scavenging and fishing. Gathering would involve collecting plant foods such as seeds, nuts, berries, fruits and tubers.
(i) That gathering was practised is generally assumed rather than conclusively established, as there is very little direct evidence for it. While we get a fair amount of fossil bones, fossilised plant remains are relatively rare.
The only other way of getting information about plant intake would be if plant remains were accidentally burnt. This process results in carbonisation. In this form, organic matter is preserved for a long span of time. However, so far archaeologists have not found much evidence of carbonised seeds for this very early period.
(ii) In recent years, the term hunting has been under discussion by scholars. Increasingly, it is being suggested that the early hominids scavenged or foraged* for meat and marrow from the carcasses of animals that had died naturally or had been killed by other predators.
It is equally possible that small mammals such as rodents, birds (and their eggs), reptiles and even insects (such as termites) were eaten by early hominids.
(iii) Hunting probable began later - about 500,000 years ago. The earliest clear evidence for the deliberate, planned hunting and butchery of large mammals comes from two sites : Boxgrove in southern England (500,000 years ago) and Schoningen in Germany (400,000 years ago)
(iv) Fishing was also important, as is evident from the discovery of fish bones at several places.

Early humans would have obtained food through a number of ways, such as gathering, hunting, scavenging and fishing. Gathering would involve collecting plant foods such as seeds, nuts, berries, fruits and tubers.
(i) That gathering was practised is generally assumed rather than conclusively established, as there is very little direct evidence for it. While we get a fair amount of fossil bones, fossilised plant remains are relatively rare.
The only other way of getting information about plant intake would be if plant remains were accidentally burnt. This process results in carbonisation. In this form, organic matter is preserved for a long span of time. However, so far archaeologists have not found much evidence of carbonised seeds for this very early period.
(ii) In recent years, the term hunting has been under discussion by scholars. Increasingly, it is being suggested that the early hominids scavenged or foraged* for meat and marrow from the carcasses of animals that had died naturally or had been killed by other predators.
It is equally possible that small mammals such as rodents, birds (and their eggs), reptiles and even insects (such as termites) were eaten by early hominids.
(iii) Hunting probable began later - about 500,000 years ago. The earliest clear evidence for the deliberate, planned hunting and butchery of large mammals comes from two sites : Boxgrove in southern England (500,000 years ago) and Schoningen in Germany (400,000 years ago)
(iv) Fishing was also important, as is evident from the discovery of fish bones at several places.

The sources which enable us to understand the history of early humans are the remains of bones, stone tools, discovery of human fossils, cave paintings, etc. Each of these discoveries has a history of its own. Most scholars refused to accept that these fossils were the remains of early humans. They were also sceptical about the ability of early humans to make stone tools or paint. It was only over a period of time that the true significance of these finds was realised.

Early humans obtained food by hunting the animals and collecting fruits from trees.They hunted the animals with their tools made of bones and stones.some one ate raw flesh.After the discovery of fire most of the early humans ate by cooking the flesh.

Basic features of Roman society:

(i)The nuclear family was one of the more modern features of Roman society.

(ii)Siaves were included in the family as the Romans understood this.

(iii)The idea of the public baths was another modern element.

(iv)Regarding the institution of marriage, wife did not transfer her dowry to her husband's authority but retained full rights in the property of her natal family.

(v)Women enjoyed full property rights, and became an independent property owner on her father's death.

(vi)Divorce was an easy process; it needed no more than a notice of intent to dissolve the marriage by either husband or wife.