Human Evolution - Hominin Ancestors

Question 1

Homo habilis

Answer 1

“Handy man”
2.3 - 1.4mya
First to make and use tool - oldowan era
No Sagittarius crest, foramen magnum is further towards base of skull

Question 2

Homo erectus

Answer 2

1.8mya - 300,000ya
First to use fire
First to leave Africa
Acheulian tool era

Question 3

Homo heidelbergensis

Answer 3

800 - 300,000ya
Fossils found in Africa Europe and Asia
Used fire, Acheulian tools, built shelters

Question 4

Homo neanderthalensis

Answer 4

230,000 - 28,00ya
Thick heavy bones but short limbed
Mousterian tools, buried their dead

Question 5

Homo floresiensis

Answer 5

100,000 - 60,000ya
3feet tall, tiny brains
Made and used stone tools

Question 6

Homo naledi

Answer 6

May have used fire,

Question 7

Homo sapiens

Answer 7

Skilled hunters, cone and flint tools, spears and spear throwers as well as fish hooks and needles.
Upper Palaeolithic tools
Engravings/painting