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ausralopithecus aferensis
-this hominid appeared
- 3-4 million years ago
-afar triangle,africa
-3 feet tall, ape/human,long arms, hands and feet
-two feet,gather food, defense carry kids -
Period: to
illistraited timeline of early humans
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homo habilis
-1.5 to 2 million years ago
-africa
-lager brain,more human
-rocks for chopping
-sharp stones for cutting
-bones for digging
-biped;lived in groups,tools to hunt, maybe used traps -
homo erectus
-1.8 million to 200000 bc
-asia
-stood up strait,taller,thinner,strong bones,round smooth head
-axes of stone and fire
-first to leave africa
-good walkers and runners
-ate lots of meat
-nomadic,shelter,cooked,and complex tools -
homo sapiens neanderthalensis
-230,000 years ago
-neander valley germany,europe,africa,asia,india
-thick bones,stronger than modern humans,large brains
-60 types of tools inclusing knives,spears,and scrapers
-lived and travled in groups, doctors, buryed dead -
homo sapiens sapiens (modern human)
-35,000 bc to present
-africa whole globe
-small bones, large brains
-tools to sculpt and engrave, needles, shelter of earth and stone
-better tools,clothing,shelter
