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hominids
hominids capabilities
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6th Grade
10/25/2012

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Term

austrapithecus

afarensis

Definition

    Bipedal- walk on two feet.

    Possibaly lived in small social gruops.

    Possably used simple digging tools such as digging sticks.

    Ate easily-chewed foods-insects, eggs , and fruit.

    Probaly lacked spoken language.

Term

homo

habilis

Definition

    Made stone and bone tools.

    Possibly hunters or scavengers for meat.

    Ate marrow and fruit they collected, Gatherers.

    Lived in social gruops.

    No evidence of spoken laguage.

Term

homo

erectus

Definition

    Made flint hand axes.

    Could control fire.

    Possibly lived in tree branch huts.

    Ate a variety of foods like meat from large animals and oyters.

    Possible spoken laguage.

Term

homo

sapien

neanderthalensis

Definition

   Made flint knives, points, blades, and scrapers.

    Hunted large animals in groups.

    Cared for sick, old, and wounded.

    Possibly preformed ritual burials.

    Possibly built tee-pee like homes, and stored food.

    Possessed simple spoken language.

Term

homo

sapien

sapien

Definition

   Made more than 100 tools for sculpting, painting, sewing, and hunting.

    Lived in social groups.

    Lived in semi-permanent homes of stone, wood, and animal hides.

    Created art- carvings and cave paintings.

    Advanced spoken language over time.

Term

   Made more than 100 tools for sculpting, painting, sewing, and hunting.

    Lived in social groups.

    Lived in semi-permanent homes of stone, wood, and animal hides.

    Created art- carvings and cave paintings.

    Advanced spoken language over time.

Definition

homo

sapien

sapien

Term

    Made flint knives, points, blades, and scrapers.

    Hunted large animals in groups.

    Cared for sick, old, and wounded.

    Possibly preformed ritual burials.

    Possibly built tee-pee like homes, and stored food.

    Possessed simple spoken language.

Definition

homo 

sapien 

neanderthalensis

Term

    Made flint hand axes.

    Could control fire.

    Possibly lived in tree branch huts.

    Ate a variety of foods like meat from large animals and oyters.

    Possible spoken laguage.

Definition

homo

erectus

Term

    Made stone and bone tools.

    Possibly hunters or scavengers for meat.

    Ate marrow and fruit they collected, Gatherers.

    Lived in social gruops.

    No evidence of spoken laguage.

Definition

homo

habilis

Term

    Bipedal- walk on two feet.

    Possibaly lived in small social gruops.

    Possably used simple digging tools such as digging sticks.

    Ate easily-chewed foods-insects, eggs , and fruit.

    Probaly lacked spoken language.

Definition

australopithecus

affarensis

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