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1) El Homo erectus fue la primera especie del género Homo en salir de África hace 1.8 millones de años y colonizar Asia y Europa.
2) Se caracterizaba por su postura erguida, un cerebro más grande que sus predecesores, y el uso sistemático de herramientas y fuego.
3) El Homo erectus dejó un legado importante como la domesticación del fuego, que permitió la colonización de nuevas áreas y el desarrollo de habilidades humanas.
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- 2. L’Australopithecus afarensis è una specie estinta di ominide del genere Australopithecus, vissuto in Africa tra 4 e 3 milioni di anni fa. La specie fu identificata a seguito di una serie di ritrovamenti di fossili in Etiopia nella prima metà degli anni settanta. I resti comprendevano il 40% dello scheletro: entrambe le gambe, la tibia, un'articolazione, risalenti a 3,4 milioni di anni fa. Originariamente sembrava che il fossile riguardasse un individuo giovane, ma successivamente si scoprì che si trattava di un adulto.
- 3. Dai fossili ritrovati il 30 novembre 1974, in Etiopia nella regione di Afar, si scoprì che erano di un esemplare femmina adulta di Australopithecus afarensis dell'età apparente di 25 anni, vissuta circa 3,2 milioni di anni fa. Gli archeologi la chiamarono Lucy, in onore della canzone Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds dei Beatles in voga al tempo del ritrovamento. .
- 4. Morì sulle rive di una palude, probabilmente di sfinimento, e fortunatamente nessun predatore ne sbranò i resti, disperdendone le membra, così che il corpo, sommerso dal fango, nel corso dei millenni si fossilizzò fino a diventare roccia. Dopo milioni di anni il suo scheletro è ritornato alla luce intatto e ci offre una preziosa testimonianza sulla costituzione fisica degli ominidi di quel periodo. Lucy era alta circa 1 metro e 10 centimetri,pesava circa tra i 29 e i 45 kg, aveva un cervello di dimensioni piuttosto ridotte,tra i 375 e i 500 metri cubi, i molari molto grandi, basati sulla raccolta di vegetali e la cattura di insetti e lucertole, un bacino ampio e i femori inclinati.