4. 1. Australopithecus robustus
2. Australopithecus anamensis
3. Australopithecus aethiopicus
4 Australopithecus boisei
They were slender and dying out
6. They existed in eastern Africa around 4
million years ago
7. The earliest known australopithecine,
Australopithecus aferensis has teeth and
jaws that strongly resemble those of older
ape fossils and human-like upper limbs
8. The average arafensis stood from between
1-1.5 meters tall
16. Brain size was within
a range of 500-800 cc,
indicating that this species
possessed an enlarged brain.
17. Teeth remain suggested that they consumed
meat as part of their diet.
18. They stood at approximately 1.3 meters tall.
Weighed about 100 pounds.
19.
20. Homo erectus or Uprights Man is the first
hominid to migrate out of Africa to colonise
Europe and Asia
21. This species existed between 1.8 million and
approximately 300,000 years ago.
22. Researchers postulated from analysis of H.
erectus tools that meat constituted a
significant part of their diet. There was also
evidence that this species was the first to
use fire.
23. The cranial capacity of this species was in the
range of 650-1250 cc with the shape of
the cranium being
highly distinctive.