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Sahelanthropus Tchadersis are an early type of humans. They lived 7 million years ago. A sceleton of them was found in Chad instead of east Africa. They were the earliest hominids to walk on two legs.
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Orrorin Tugenensis lived 6 million years ago. It and Ardipithecus Ramidus were found to prove that Australopithecus Afarensis wasn't the earliest species.
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Ardipithecus Ramidus lived 4 million years ago. It and Orrorin Tugenensis were found to prove that Australopithecus Afarensis wasn't the earliest species.
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Australopithecus Afarensis are a type of early humans. They were bipedalism- they walked on 2 legs. They lived 4 million years ago. For a long time, they were thought to be the earliest bipeds.
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Homo Ergaster lived 1.6 million years ago. They had the biggest brains so far in human development.
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Homo Habilis lived 1.6 mya. They had the ability to make and use tools more skillfully than other early humans.
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Homo erectus lived 1.5 mya. They were the decedents of Homo Ergster. They mastered control over fire. They left Africa 1.8 mya and went as far as Indonesia and China. They also went to Europe. They were able to take care of each other with their own free will.
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About 1.8 mya, early humans started to move out of Africa. The grasslands were getting larger so the animals followed the grasslands and the humans followed the animals without realizing they were moving.
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Homo Heidelburgensis lived 500,000 ya. They were one of the earliest species to populate Europe. They had complex minds so they had absract beleif and symbolism. There is evidence that they buried their dead.
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Homo Floresionsis lived 95,000 ya. They were found in Indonesia. They had small bodies and brains but made stone tools. The theory of why they were so small is that they were separated from other humans and grew smaller.
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Neanderthal lived 40,000 years ago. They were short and stuttle. Their weapons were stone-tipped spears. They lived in camps or caves in small groups. 85% of their diet was meat.
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Homo sapiens are the only human species alive today. They started to live when the Neanderthals started to die out. They survived the Neanderthals because they had lighter spears to throw longer distances. We are homo sapiens.
