homo hablisis Flashcards
how long ago did they live?.
lived 2.5 million to 1.5 million years ago.
what does it mean?.
man of skill. they wee jokingly known as the “handy man”.
fun fact???
they were believed to be the first to make stone tools.
what did they use the tools for?.
to cut meat and crack bones, they could cut elephant meat!
when?????
1960.
who???????
a team led by scientists Louis and Mary leaky.
how did they survive?????
they had smaller teeth, their enamel was thick, nd their jaws were still strong. so there teeth were adapted to sewing hard foods. yet their diet was flexible, yet they dint normally eat brittle nuts or seeds, dried meat, or very hard tubers.
what did they do?????
they made and used the first stone tools found in archaeological record. these date back to 2.6 million years ago.
