Human Evolution Hominids

Question 1

List the types of hominids

Answer 1

1. Australopithecus Afarensis
2. Australopithecus Africanus
3. Australopithecus Boisei
4. Homo Habilis
5. Homo Erectus
6. Homo Ergaster
7. Homo Heidelbergensis
8. Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis
9. Homo Sapiens Sapiens

Question 2

Australopithecus Afarensis

Answer 2

1. Skull is similar to a chimpanzee, except for more human like teeth
2. Still used to climbing in trees

Question 3

Australopithecus Afarensis years

Answer 3

3.9 and 3.0 million years ago

Question 4

Australopithecus Africanus

Answer 4

1. Brain is a little larger than a chimp brain

2. They are not advanced enough to talk/speech

Question 5

Australopithecus Africanus years

Answer 5

3 to 2 million years ago

Question 6

Australopithecus Boisei

Answer 6

1. Diet was mostly touch food that needed chewing
2. Bones found with robust skeletons indicate they may have been used as digging tools
3. Never been a serious candidate for being a direct human ancestor

Question 7

Australopithecus Boisei years

Answer 7

2.1 and 1.1 million years ago

Question 8

Homo Habilis

Answer 8

1. Called “Handy Man” because there were tools found with remains
2. Brian size is bigger than Australopithicus
3. Might of been capable of small speech

Question 9

Homo Habilis years

Answer 9

2.4 and 1.5 million years ago

Question 10

Homo Erectus

Answer 10

1. They walk upright
2. Found in Africa, Asia, and Europe
3. They used fire
4. Stone tools are more sophisticated than the habilis

Question 11

Homo Erectus years

Answer 11

1.8 and 300,000 years ago

Question 12

Homo Ergaster

Answer 12

1. The skeleton is very similar to a modern humans

2. The brow ridges differ in shape, and erectus would have a larger brain size

Question 13

Homo Heidelbergensis

Answer 13

1. Brain size larger than erectus, but smaller than most modern humans
2. Teeth are usually less robust then erectus, but more robust than modern humans

Question 14

Homo Heidelbergensis years

Answer 14

500,000 years ago

Question 15

Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis

Answer 15

1. Found throughout Europe and the Middle East
2. Lived in cold climates
3. Their body proportions are similar to those of modern cold-adapted people’s: short and solid, with short limbs
4. Formidable hunters
5. First people known to have buried their dead

Question 16

Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis years

Answer 16

230,000 and 30,000 years ago

Question 17

Homo Sapiens Sapiens

Answer 17

1. Fine artwork appeared
2. Wider variety of raw materials such as bone and antler
3. Containing new tools for making clothing, engraving and sculpting.

Question 18

Homo Sapiens Sapiens years

Answer 18

120,000 years ago