Early Humans

Out of all of our early human ancestors, during this unit we learned about Australopithecus Afarensis, Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis, and Homo Sapiens Sapiens. Each hominid was more advanced than the ones which came before it. To begin with, Australopithecus Afarensis was the first hominid to be able to walk on two feet ,and they were three feet tall, which allowed them to hold things like their child or run from predators even though they hands were dragging on the ground. Also being three feet which could help them by letting them maybe live in small spaces. They also not able to talk which made  it harder to communicate.

After that, Homo Habilis came along. Homo Habilis was more advanced than Australopithecus Afarensis, and was able to walk on their feet, make tools and they were four feet tall, which allowed them to dig, and break things open and since they were four feet tall which made it easier to get something that was higher up which was harder for the Arstrolpithic Afarensis.

Next came Homo Erectus. In addition to what Homo Habilis could do, Homo Erectus was able to use fire in many different ways and were able to find food for themselves and wore animals, which allowed them to cook food, have warmth and keep predators using fire. Scientists were not sure if they hunted or not but they were able to find cook and eat it for protein which helped them with health.  

After Homo Erectus came Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis were able to heal each other, farm their own crops, have communities, and had hunting strategies.Which allowed them to have a fresh source of food, comunicat, live longer by healing, and surround the predator attack and eat it.

Finally, along came Homo Sapiens Sapiens, or “Early Modern Man.” These advanced hominids were able to,make paintings on cave walls for rituals male very advanced tools, and were the smartest of the hominids.Which allowed them to keep data, do more things with more advanced tools, and have more knowledge because they had bigger brains.