CA 2 Human Evolution Timeline

1. About 800,000 years ago, Fire was controlled by early humans.
2. About 4 million years ago most early human species became bipedal.
3. The Homo Habilis used to live in Eastern and Southern Africa.
4. About 12,000 years ago, humans managed to control the growth and breeding of some plants and animals.
5. The Sahelanthropus tchadensis is the earliest human species from the timeline.


Answer these questions:

1. What's been the role of climate change in the development of humans?
The climate variability is fundamental for the development of humans, because a increase in the variability in the past caused the variability and changes in human specie.

2. In your opinion, what is the most significant milestone for the human evolution? Why?
The dawn of technology, because in this point the humans we took the control our yourself and we abilitys. After that, human variability increase significantly.

3. Which early human species was thought to be the first to use tools made from stone? 
The first early human in use tools made from stone is was the Homo Habilis.

4. Who were the first human species to travel to and live in Europe? When?
The first human to travel and live in Europe is the Homo Heidelbergensis, about 700.000 to 200.000 years ago. Lived in Europe but travelled possibly to Asia and Africa.

5. Which species survived for the longest time? For how long?
The Sahelanthropus tchadensis, the Australopitecus Africanus and the Paranthropus boisei survived around a 1 million years. The Homo Erectus survived about a 2 million.


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For more information about the topic, you can also watch this interesting documentary > The Journey of Man