Which of the following traits is NOT a life history traits?     susceptibility to cancers     the number of eggs one can lay     timing of sexual maturity     the size of each offspring     lifespan

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Human Evolution

Human evolution is the process of evolution of humans from early man to anatomically modern humans. The process of evolution in humans leads to the gradual development of traits like bipedalism. Humans are the highly social animals that make them the most advanced animal on Earth.  Human evolution is an outcome of interaction among the following processes: