Hominid Species
Published on Jan 16, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ORRORIN TUGENENSIS
- Age 6.1 to 5.8 million years ago
- Where it lived: Kenya
- Key physical features similar in size to a modern chimpanzee
- Culture it may have used simple tools similar to those used by modern chimpanzees
- diet: The large, flat molars suggest a diet of fruit and vegetables, but it may have also been a meat eater.
AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS
- Where Lived: Southern Africa
- When Lived: About 3.3 to 2.1 million years ago
- Physical : combination of human-like and ape-like features.
- Height: Males: average 4 ft 6 in ; Females: average 3 ft 9 in
- Weight: Males: average 90 lbs (41 kg); Females: average 66 lb (30 kg)
HOMO ANTECESSOR
- Dated : 780,000 years ago
- Oldest confirmed European hominid Found in Spain
- Physical: similar bodies to Modern humans Brain is 1000 cc
- Lifestyle: had tools to help hunt or scavenge meat.
HOMO FLORESIENSIS
- Lived 95,000 and 17,000 years ago
- Found on the Island of Flores, Indonesia
