Hominids Flashcards
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Australopithecus afarensis
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3.9 to 3 MYA First Bipedal Very sexually dimorphic Scavengers No tools No speech Lived in groups
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Homo habilis
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2.4 to 1.5 MYA Speech but no language (Broca's Area) Hunters and ate meat Oldawan tools Simple tools Lived in groups
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Homo erectus
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1 MYA to 300,000 years ago First to use fire First to leave Africa Speech but no language Used fire (to cook as well) Acheulian tools Increased brain development due to diet Increased population due to groups
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Homo heidelbergensis
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300,000 years ago Next species to leave Africa Used Fire Hunted large prey Acheulian tools Built shelters
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Homo neanderthalensis
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230,000 to 28,000 years ago Intelligent Use of clothing Mousterian Tools Buried their dead (spiritual) Strong social bonds
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Homo sapiens
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160,000 to now Upper palaeolitihic Art Imagination Social order
