1. EARLY HOMINIDS

2. AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS (Lucy)
Discovered in Africa 3 to 4 million years ago in Eastern Africa
About 3 feet tall
Bipeds – they walked on two feet
Could gather & carry food
Could defend themselves and carry their children
Their brains were about 1/3 the size of our = not as smart
Did not make tools
AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS (Lucy)

3. HOMO HABILIS: HANDY MAN
Lived 2 to 1.5 million years ago
Nicknamed “Handy Man”
Taller than Lucy & their brain was twice as big
Had ability to make tools
Remains found only in Africa
Lived in small groups to work together & protect each other
First hominids to make simple stone tools

4. HOMO ERECTUS Nicknamed “Upright Man”
Was around longer than other hominids – from 1.8 million to 200,000 B.C.E.
Migrated (moved) – to other continents like Europe & Asia
They had strong bones & were good walkers and runners
Looked more human like
Made more complex tools (hand-axes)
First to use FIRE (too keep warm & scare off animals)
Lived with group in huts

5. Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
Lived from 230,000-30,000 years ago
Lived in Africa, Near East, Europe, Asia
Had large brains
Made more than 60 types of tools (knives, scrapers, & spears)
Had a sense of community, took care of their sick and injured, & had burials
Lived, traveled & hunted in groups
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis

6. Homo sapiens sapiens Early modern humans known as “Doubly Wise Man”
Lived from 35,000-12,000 B.C.E
Originated in Africa but moved all over the world
Migrated from Asia to North and South America using land bridges
Made better tools, shelter & clothing than Neanderthals
Made spears and bows and arrows to hunt animals from a safe distance.
Made needles to sew animal hide together
The first artists – left behind cave paintings of animals they hunted and imaginary creatures.
Homo sapiens sapiens