Early Humans Yabba Dabba Do

Australopithicus Southern Ape

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

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

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

Australopithicus

Homo Habilis Handy Man

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

Homo Habilis Larger brain 5 feet tall 100 pounds Apelike arms

Homo Habilis

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

Homo Erectus Upright Man

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

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

Homo Erectus

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

Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis Neandertal

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

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

Neandertal

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

Homo Sapiens Sapiens Modern Man (and Woman)

Homo Sapiens

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

Homo Sapiens Large Brain Small teeth Fairly slender bones

Homo Sapiens

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

Early Humans Goodbye!