Early Man

Evolutionary Sequence from ape to human

• Australopithecus appeared about five million years ago.

• They were very similar to chimpanzees.

• However, the Australopithecus normally walked on two feet.

Australopithecus

Homo Habilis• These appeared two million

years ago.

• Their brain was bigger

• Their name ‘habilis’ means skilful.

• They made stone tools and lived from hunting and gathering

Homo Erectus• These appeared one and a half million years ago.

• They walked upright.

• They lived in Europe and Asia.

• They discovered fire.

Homo Antecessor• The oldest human remains in Europe.

• They appeared in Atapuerca, Spain.

• They are 800.000 years old.

• Neanderthals were stronger and shorter than we are.

• They buried their dead.

• Were they able to speak?

Neanderthal Man

Homo Sapiens

• Our species appeared in Africa about 130.000 years ago.

• They could make finer tools.

• They developed a more complex language.

• They created art.