AA and HH

Question 1

What does Australopithecus mean

Answer 1

Southern ape

Question 2

What does afarensis refer to

Answer 2

the afar triangle (Ethiopia)

Question 3

Who was Lucy found by?

Answer 3

Donald Johanson

Question 4

What is Lucy

Answer 4

Australopithecus afarensis

Question 5

How tall is Lucy

Answer 5

3-4 feet tall

Question 6

How big is Lucy’s brain compared to ours

Answer 6

1/3

Question 7

Could Lucy speak?

Answer 7

Likely not

Question 8

What features does Lucy have

Answer 8

Mix of human and ape

Question 9

Were Lucy’s arms long

Answer 9

Yes

Question 10

Were her hands and feet like ours

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

What did Lucy’s head look like?

Answer 11

Large head with facial prognathism

Question 12

What does biped mean?

Answer 12

Being able to walk on 2 feet

Question 13

What are the advantages of being biped

Answer 13

Gather food more easily and use their hands for defense

Question 14

What does homo mean

Answer 14

Man

Question 15

What does Habilis mean

Answer 15

Handy

Question 16

Who found handy man?

Answer 16

Louis and Mary Leakey

Question 17

Why was homo Habilis nicknamed handyman

Answer 17

Because it was believed that they were the first group to make and use tools

Question 18

Were the homo Habilis biped

Answer 18

Yes

Question 19

How long ago were homo Habilis alive

Answer 19

1.5-2 million years ago

Question 20

Were they shorter or taller then AA

Answer 20

Taller

Question 21

Were HH more or less human then Lucy

Answer 21

More human

Question 22

How big were the homo Habilis brains

Answer 22

2/3 THE SIZE OF OUR BRAINS and twice the size of AA

Question 23

Did handy man live in groups

Answer 23

Yes

Question 24

Advantages of groups

Answer 24

Work together to protect against animal attack
Collect food over large areas

Question 25

Types of tools handy man used

Answer 25

Cutting to us for tearing meat, crushing tools for bone marrow, and made traps for small animals