The First Humans Flashcards
0
Q
Approx. how tall?
A
1.5m
1
Q
Homo habilis lived
A
2-1.5 mya
2
Q
They had a smaller less projecting ?
A
Face
3
Q
Teeth = more parabola-shaped jaw and ?
A
Narrowed back teeth
4
Q
Made simple stone tools and hunted small and maybe?
A
Larger animals
5
Q
Also scavenged for meat from?
A
Carcasses killed by carnivores
6
Q
Probably gathered plant foods and built?
A
Simple shelters
7
Q
They had a larger ?
A
Brain than Australopithecines
8
Q
Development of?
A
Opposable thumbs
9
Q
Opposable thumbs means the thumbs can?
A
Grip objects against any of the other digits
10
Q
Two types of grip?
A
Power grip
Precision grip
11
Q
The first tools were probably pieces of?
A
Bone or sharp sticks used temporarily and then discarded
12
Q
What tools remain?
A
Stone tools
13
Q
Tool culture is ?
A
Oldowan culture
