Ancient Humans Flashcards
Australopithecus Afarensis
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Southern ape from Afar
3.85 to 2.95 million years ago
Fully bipedal, doesn’t migrate, really small brain 1/3 size of modern, bipedal, ape like face, strong long arms, brow ridge
Eastern Africa
Didn’t make tools, but used rocks, sticks, and jawbones as tools
High sugar rich fruits, seeds, roots and nuts
Trees
Homo habilis
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Handy man
Lived from 2.4 to 1.4 million years ago
Bipedal, ape like face, brow ridge, small brain, but bigger than Australopithecus Afarensis, small sized, first organism to make stone tools
South Africa
Made stone tools like hammer stone, flake, and nut grinder
Nuts, berries, meats and eggs
No Dwelling, they always were traveling
Homo erectus
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Name means upright man
Lived from 1.9 million years ago to 143,000 years ago
Shorter arms and longer legs, ability to walk incredible amounts of distances, taller and bigger because they cooked their meat, bigger brain
China, Asia, Northern Africa
Torch, scraper, and hand Axe
Oyster, carrots, goat, and a lot of meat
Caves and huts
Homo sapiens Neanderthals
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Neanderthal man
400,000 to 40,000 years ago
Can go farther North or South (hides and fire) usually have more injuries due to non throwing weapons, more human like, skinner, has biggest brain, small brow ridge, could speak languages
Homo sapiens sapiens
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Wise man
180,000 years ago to present
No brow ridge, taller smaller brain than Homo sapiens Neanderthals, taller and skinner, non ape like
South Africa now everywhere
Bows, spears, hooks, nets and atlatls
Crab, lobsters, berries, lived off the sea
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