1. Early Humans
Yabba Dabba Do

2. Australopithicus
Southern Ape

3. “Lucy”
3.9 to 3.0 million Y.A.
East Africa
Found by
Donald Johanson

4. More Australopithecus
Brain 1/3 size of ours
Long arms
No language

5. Australopithicus About 4 feet tall Bipedal Knuckle walker
Used simple tools
Ate insects, eggs, fruit

6. Australopithicus

7. Homo Habilis
Handy Man

8. Homo Habilis Lived in Eastern Africa 1.9 to 1.5 million Y.A.
Discovered by Louis Leaky

9. Homo Habilis
Larger brain
5 feet tall
100 pounds
Apelike arms

10. Homo Habilis

11. Homo Habilis Made stone tools Scavengers for meat
Lived in social groups
No spoken language

12. Homo Erectus
Upright Man

13. Homo Erectus 1.8 million to 200,000 Y.A. Asia, Africa and Europe
Discovered by Eugene Dubois

14. Homo Erectus Large brain Large back teeth No chin Taller than us
Very upright stance

15. Homo Erectus

16. Homo Erectus
Controlled fire!
Probable spoken language
Lived in caves, huts
Made better tools
Ate variety of foods

17. Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis
Neandertal

18. Neandertal 230,000 to 30,000 Y.A. Europe, western Asia, and Near East
Discovered in Neander Valley, Germany

19. Neandertal Brain larger than ours Stocky & shortlimbed
Thick bones & powerful muscles

20. Neandertal

21. Neandertal Hunted in groups Cared for sick, old, & wounded
Had burial rituals
Had simple language
More complex tools

22. Homo Sapiens Sapiens
Modern Man
(and Woman)

23. Homo Sapiens

24. Homo Sapiens 100,000 Y.A. to present All around the world
Cro-Magnon Man
Discovered by Edouard Lartet in 1860’s

25. Homo Sapiens
Large Brain
Small teeth
Fairly slender bones

26. Homo Sapiens

27. Homo Sapiens Made more than 100 tools Lived in social groups
Built huts
Created art
Advanced spoken language

28. Early Humans
Goodbye!