Australopithecus
Introductions
Australopithecus (as known as Southern Ape) is a kind of hominid that lived about ten million years ago. ‘Hominid’ means any of the modern or extinct bipedal primates. That means they were the first kind of organism that walks upright. Australopithecus is the first kind of ancestor that walks upright. They maintained their fur-coat. They remained their climbing skills. Scientists don’t think they could talk but they had their own way to communicate.
Australopithecines had ape-liked faces and they were not yet humans. They had long fingers to grab on branches. They also had larger teeth and stronger jaws than modern human for chewing tough plants. Their brain was half the size smaller of modern human’s.
There were at least seven kinds of Australopithecus, but the two most important species are Africanus Australopithecus and Robustus. Australopithecines Africanus were smaller than Australopithecus Robustus Australopithecines, because Africanus Australopithecines ate leaves and berries for surviving, but Robustus Australopithecines hunted animals for food. Their average height was less than 1.5M (5FT) tall.
The first Australopithecus was discovered and named (Australopithecus) by Raymond A. Dart in 1924. Raymond A. Dart is an Anthropologist – people who study scientific study of the origin, the behaviour, the physical, the social, and the cultural development of humans.
This is probably what an Australopithecus looked like when it was alive.
Australopithecines had ape-liked faces and they were not yet humans.
They had long fingers to grab onto branches.
They also had larger teeth and stronger jaws.
Their brain was not as big as modern human’s.
Archaeological Artefacts
There was no evidence that Australopithecines had actually made tools. However, archaeologists believe that the Australopithecines probably used branches or stones to kill their prey and defend themselves.
Species Importance
It is because they were the best known hominid in all the five species. Also, it is the closest hominid to the modern human. It has a lot of features that modern people remains. Their skeleton formations are really similar to modern humans’.
They walked upright meant a lot to modern human because they were the first ancestor that walked upright in all of the recorded history. They were our ancestor, and they were the one who leaded the modern human to walk upright and they walked upright and made us and themselves adapt the environments better! If they didn’t walk upright, maybe the modern human wouldn’t walk completely upright or at least as good as today.
Graphic Timeline
Australopithecus Bosiei 0.9 ~ 1.7 Million years ago
Australopithecus Robustus 1.1 ~ 1.9 Million years ago
Australopithecus Africanus 1.9 ~ 2.9 Million years ago
Australopithecus Aethiopicus 2.3 ~ 2.7 Million years ago
Australopithecus Gahri 2.3 ~ 2.7 Million years ago
Australopithecus Afarensis 2.8 ~ 3.9 Million years ago
Australopithecus Anamensis 3.9 ~ 4.2 Million years ago
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Australopithecus (as known as Southern Ape) is a kind of hominid that lived about ten million years ago. ‘Hominid’ means any of the modern or extinct bipedal primates. That means they were the first kind of organism that walks upright. Australopithecus is the first kind of ancestor that walks upright. They maintained their fur-coat. They remained their climbing skills. Scientists don’t think they could talk but they had their own way to communicate.
Australopithecines had ape-liked faces and they were not yet humans. They had long fingers to grab on branches. They also had larger teeth and stronger jaws than modern human for chewing tough plants. Their brain was half the size smaller of modern human’s.
There were at least seven kinds of Australopithecus, but the two most important species are Africanus Australopithecus and Robustus. Australopithecines Africanus were smaller than Australopithecus Robustus Australopithecines, because Africanus Australopithecines ate leaves and berries for surviving, but Robustus Australopithecines hunted animals for food. Their average height was less than 1.5M (5FT) tall.
The first Australopithecus was discovered and named (Australopithecus) by Raymond A. Dart in 1924. Raymond A. Dart is an Anthropologist – people who study scientific study of the origin, the behaviour, the physical, the social, and the cultural development of humans.
This is probably what an Australopithecus looked like when it was alive.
Australopithecines had ape-liked faces and they were not yet humans.
They had long fingers to grab onto branches.
They also had larger teeth and stronger jaws.
Their brain was not as big as modern human’s.
Archaeological Artefacts
There was no evidence that Australopithecines had actually made tools. However, archaeologists believe that the Australopithecines probably used branches or stones to kill their prey and defend themselves.
Species Importance
It is because they were the best known hominid in all the five species. Also, it is the closest hominid to the modern human. It has a lot of features that modern people remains. Their skeleton formations are really similar to modern humans’.
They walked upright meant a lot to modern human because they were the first ancestor that walked upright in all of the recorded history. They were our ancestor, and they were the one who leaded the modern human to walk upright and they walked upright and made us and themselves adapt the environments better! If they didn’t walk upright, maybe the modern human wouldn’t walk completely upright or at least as good as today.
Graphic Timeline
Australopithecus Bosiei 0.9 ~ 1.7 Million years ago
Australopithecus Robustus 1.1 ~ 1.9 Million years ago
Australopithecus Africanus 1.9 ~ 2.9 Million years ago
Australopithecus Aethiopicus 2.3 ~ 2.7 Million years ago
Australopithecus Gahri 2.3 ~ 2.7 Million years ago
Australopithecus Afarensis 2.8 ~ 3.9 Million years ago
Australopithecus Anamensis 3.9 ~ 4.2 Million years ago
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