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Australopithecus Aferensis
Australopithecus Aferensis or southern ape, also known as Lucy, was found in 1974. Lucy was 3 feet tall with a bigger head than homo sapiens but a brain 1/3 of a current human brain. Her jaw stuck out.This species did not use tools because of their brain size.They lived from 3 to 4 million years ago but they could not speak and they were bipeds meaning they walked on two feet so they could carry food and they youg -
Homo Habilis
Homo Habilis lived 1.5 million years ago. They lived in Africa and they migrated to Asia and Europe. They had a smooth head and much bigger brains so that way they could make tools and they were much bigger than Lucy so they had a better chance of survival. They also were the first to migrate to Europe and Africa. -
Homo Erectus
These hominds are thinner and stronger than the other hominds in this timelines. These hominds created fire and a major tool, the hand axe the fire keeped animals away.In order to survive. The hand ax was used for cutting, skinning, and chopping. Homo Erectus lived from 1.8 millon to 200,000 B.C. and lived in Asia and Europe. They also lived in caves because caves help keep heat in and provide sheltering from rain and cold. -
Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis
Homo Sapiens Neanderthals lived up until 30,000 years ago in Africa, Europe and parts of Asia. They were 5 and1/2 feet high and they were stalkier and stronger than homo sapiens sapiens. Their size made hunting a lot easier for them. These hominids were much smarter than the other hominids, except for homo sapiens sapiens. -
Homo Sapiens Sapiens
Homo Sapiens Sapiens were the closest hominids to modern humans but still had some cave man features like the lumps over the eyes. They were 5 and 1/2 feet tall. They made more complete tools and they lived in Europe, Asia, and used land bridges to go to North America and South America and they lived from 30.000 to 12.000 years ago.
