Origins of humanity

All humans today are a consequence of evolution driven by the human race. We are different from other animals, but we probably all come from a common trunk, which began to divide.

Austrolopithecus image

Homo Erectus image

Characteristics of the Austrolopithecus:

1.-He still couldn't speak and his brain was small.

2.-They had no tools.

3.-They walked on two legs like us.

4.-They lived 1 million years, but then they became extinct.

They appeared 4 million years ago.

Homo Habilis

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They appeared 2 million years ago.

Characteristics of Homo Habilis:

1.- In their hands they had a thumb.

2.- They invented tools.

3.- They did not speak either, but they made sounds.

4.- They collected food and hunted animals such as fruits, birds, eggs, etc.

5.- His brain was bigger than the Austrolopithecus.

They appeared half a million years after the appearance of Homo Habilis.

Characteristics of Homo Erectus:

1.- He had a wide nose and his face was flat.

2.- They improved the tools.

3.- They began to hunt animals such as deer and zebras.

4.- They communicated with sounds.

5.- They had knowledge of fire and used it to ward off predators. image

Homo Sapiens image

They appeared 200,000 years ago.

Characteristics of Homo Sapiens:

1.- They had bodies with short and thin trunks.

2.- They built traps to hunt animals.

3.- They rotated a rod on a piece of wood to make fire.

4.- They developed a language of few words.

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