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Chapter 4 Lesson 1

Chapter 4 Lesson 1. The pelvic bone showed that Lucy was a female. Leg bones showed that Lucy walked upright and was about 25 years old when she died. Skull bones showed that Lucy’s brain was about 1/3 the size of a modern human’s brain. . Homo Habilis.

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Chapter 4 Lesson 1

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  1. Chapter 4 Lesson 1 • The pelvic bone showed that Lucy was a female. • Leg bones showed that Lucy walked upright and was about 25 years old when she died. • Skull bones showed that Lucy’s brain was about 1/3 the size of a modern human’s brain.

  2. Homo Habilis • Date of Existence: 2.5 to 1.5 million years ago. • Physical Appearance: larger brains and more humanlike teeth and jaws than australopithecines. • Toolmaking: simple stone tools • Ways of dealing with the ice age: none

  3. Homo erectus • Date of existence: 1.8 million to 200,000 years ago. • Physical appearance: larger brain than Homo Habilis. • Toolmaking: more complex tools than Homo habilis • Ways of dealing with the Iced Age: learned to control fire.

  4. Homo sapiens Dates of Existence: 130,00 years ago to present Physical Appearance: Had a much larger brain than Homo erectus; Cro- Magons were modern-looking. Toolmaking: more complex tool s than Homo erectus Ways of dealing with the Ice Age: sewed clothing from animal hides and followed animals they hunted across land bridges into the Americas and Australia.

  5. Chapter 4 Section 3

  6. Homo Heidelbergenesis • Size of Community: • Bands of 20-30 people

  7. Homo Heidelbergenesis • Dwelling Place of Community • Moved around • Set up temporary camps • Built huts made of branches and stones to fit 20 people

  8. Homo Heidelbergenesis • Activities of Community • Hunted wild animals • Gathered wild plants • Fished for food • Lived slept and ate together • Made tools

  9. Neanderthal • Size of Community: • Bands of 20-50 people

  10. Neanderthal • Dwelling Place of Community • Built larger camps • Stayed in one place longer than HH • Probably lived in caves

  11. Neanderthal • Activities of Community • Lived, ate and hunted together • Took care of disabled members of group • Held funerals for members of group that died

  12. Homo Sapiens • Size of Community: • none

  13. Homo Sapiens • Dwelling Place of Community • Lived in large painted caves

  14. Homo Sapiens • Activities of Community • Hunted and gathered food • Produced artwork • Cave paintings • Sculptures of bone, ivory and antlers

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