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Characteristics of the different Hominids - Coggle Diagram
Characteristics of the different Hominids
Ramapithecus
Believed to be ancestor of all creatures(hominids apes and humans)
14million years ago
Grinding teeth similar to Humans
Evidence found in Kenya, India and Pakistan
Australopithecus
Latin for Southern Ape
Small creatures which sometimes walked upright
5million years ago
Survived on scavenging
Australopithecus Robustus(Nutcracker) - strong jaws
Australopithecus Gracillis small teeth
Homo Habilis
2million years ago
Habilis means clever
1.6m tall and 50kg
Crude stone tools
Could Speak
Scavenged for meat
Homo
Erectus
1.5million years ago
Erectus means upright man
1.6m tall 60kg
Advanced stone tools
Used fire
Made hand axe
Homo Sapiens
100 000 years ago
Associated with middle stone age
Sapien means wise
Most tools used to cut wood
Strip bark
Straight