HUMAN EVOLUTION TIMELINE
Timeline of Human Development
- About 800,000 years ago, the fire was conntrolled by early humans.
- About 6 million years ago most early human species became bipedal.
- The Homo Habilis used to live in Eastern and Southern Africa.
- About 12,000 years ago, humans managed to control the growth and breeding of some certain plants and animals.
- 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
change has occurred parallel to the development of human. In times past, one of
the great events was for example: Due to widespread droughts and climate
fluctuation between 90,000 and 70,000 years ago, the Homo sapiens almost
becomes extinct, the fastest brain size increase in early humans occurred
during the era of greatest climate fluctuation. Other example is like the Homo
erectus survives habitat change in China. In conclusion the development of
human occurred during greatest climate
fluctuations.
2. In your opinion, what is the most
significant milestone for the human evolution? Why?
In my
opinion, the most significant milestone for the human evolution was when the
early human species started to walk upright most of the time. This helped them
to have a better vision for hunting.
3. Which early human species was
thought to be the first to use tools made from stone?
Homo
habilis, this species was thought to
represent the first stone toolmaker.
4. Who were the first human species to
travel to and live in Europa? When?
ü Homo heidelbergensis, these were the first early
humans to venture into the cold latitudes of Europe about 700,000 to 200,000
years ago.
ü Homo neanderthalensis lived Europe about
200,000-28,000 years ago.
5. Which species survived for the
longest time? For how long?
ü Homo erectus was the longest-lived species on our
family tree, surviving more than nine times as long as our own species
ü Homo floresiensis, this early species is the one that
went extinct most recently, it coexisted with humans during the entire duration
of its known time range, about 95,000-17,000 years ago.
ü Homo sapiens were the sole surviving species left in
our once diverse family tree. About 200,000 years ago to present.
