The beginning of the Pleistocene (2.5 mya) is marked by climate, environment, and landscape change. This new habitat opened new niches that allowed for the adaptive radiation of early Homo. Identify the physical and behavioral ways by which early Homo adapted to these changes.
HOW HOMO ADAPTED TO LANDSCAPE CHANGES
--increased importance of underground plant parts (edible roots, etc.) in the diet
--increase in protein in the diet
--more gracile cranial and tooth morphology in Homo habilis
NOT HOMO ADAPTED TO LANDSCAPE CHANGES
--use of fire
--expansion beyond Africa