1. Early Man/Hominids

2. Vocab Hominids Anthropologist Remains Biped Migrate Land-Bridge
Paleoanthropologist
Use your book or a dictionary to define these words.  Keep them in your binder.

4. Hominid Skulls

7. Ardipithecus Ramidus Vital Stats Lived 4.4 Million Years Ago
older than Lucy
4 feet tall
Could climb and walk on 
two feet
(bipedal)
Nickname "Ardi" 
name means "ground ape"

8. Australopithecus Afarensis
Vital Stats
3 feet tall 
lived 3 to 4 million years ago
Biped (walked on 2 feet)
Brain 1/3 the size of humans
Early human ancestory
Nickname "Lucy"

9. Australopithecus Afarensis cont...
No tools or fire
Mouth and forehead stuck out of face
Lived in Africa
    Ethiopia 
    Afar Region
Lucy found in Africa
by Donald Johanson
"lucy in the sky with 
diamonds"

10. Homo Habilis  (Handy Man)
Vital Stats
4 feet tall
Larger brain than Lucy
Lived in Africa
1.5 to 2 million years ago
Used tools made of stone, sticks,
and bone
Lived in Groups

12. Homo Erectus (Upright Man)
Vital Stats
Found before Lucy and Habilis
5 feet tall
1.8 to 200,000 years ago
Migrated out of Africa to Europe and Asia
Used Fire
Had a larger brain

13. Homo Erectus 
using fire.
Map showing migration of Homo Erectus

14. Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis (Neanderthal)
Vital Stats
Large Brained
5 feet tall
230,000 to 20,000 years ago
Lived and traveled in groups
Community based 
Found in Africa, Near East, Asia, and
Europe.

15. Neanderthal                                 Human

16. Homo Sapiens Sapiens (Doubly Wise Man)  Early Modern Humans
Vital Stats
Over 5 feet tall
35,000 to 12,000 years ago
Traveled to North and South 
America, Australia.  They used
a land-bridge to cross from 
Asia to N. America
Made complex tools
Made cave art
were very smart

18. Migration of Early Humans

20. Main Ideas:
 The ability to walk on two feet (biped) allowed hominids to carry things in their arms such as food and children
Early hominids evolved over millions of years. Each new hominid developed new abilities that helped them survive
The ability to use tools allowed hominids to live better and longer lives.  Tools were for cutting, digging, smashing, and grinding.  Rock and sticks develop into more advanced tools made of bone then metal.
Use of fire allowed hominids to migrate farther and survive longer
Neanderthals developed communities