6 stages of human Flashcards
These were believed to be the ancestor of both Man and apes
Dryopithecus
They lived in an open grasslands, two pieces of their evidence confirm their hominid status
Ramapithecus
This was first discovered in 1924 in South Africa, believed to thrived on a ground, used stones as a weapons and walked erect, they were 4 feet tall and weighed 60-80 pounds
Australopithecus
The first fossil of this was found in Java in 1891 and were named as Pithecantropus Erectus, they believed that this was the missing LINK between the Man and apes
Homo Erectus
There were 2 sub species of this that had been identified during evolution
Homo Sapiens/Neanderthalensis
sub species: Homo Sapiens Neanderthal & Homo Sapiens Sapiens
The fossil of this species were first discovered in Europe and were named Cro-magnon
Homo Sapiens Sapiens