Fossil Evidence For Human Evolution Part 2 Flashcards
1
Q
What are homo habilis?
A
2.5 - 1.5 Million years old
Used stone tools used to break bones and crack bones.
2
Q
What are homo erectus?
A
Rocks into shapes to make complex tools to hunt, chop and scrape meat
3
Q
What are homo Neanderthalis?
A
Complex tools that are flint tools with pointed edges to hunt
4
Q
What are Homo sapiens?
A
Flint was the craze and people used arrowheads fish hooks and sharp edges to do complex tasks
5
Q
How do scientists work out how old a fossil is?
A
Looking at features of tool and fossiles , simply bad tools were older
Stratigraphy - layers of rock, older rock are found below younger layers. Deeper means older fossils
Carbon dating is used to find date of material