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~ He is the earliest known species of the genus Homo; that is, the first human species.
He lived 2.5 -1.5 million years ago
~ He was the First Homo specie to create and use stone tools for hunting and daily life.
Homo habilis depicted the ability to make better tools than his predecessors. That is why
he was referred to as man with ability.
~ His Brain size was -500 -800 cc;-the Brain shape is more humanlike.
~ He was capable of rudimentary speech.
~ He was about 127 cm (5'0") tall, and about 45 kg (100 lb) in weight, although females
may have been smaller
~ His fossils were found in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania in 1964 by Dr. J. Leakey.
~ His Remains were also found at Hadar and Omo River Valley in Ethiopia and kobi
fora along L. Turkana by Benerd Ngeneo in 1972.
6) Homo erectus (“Upright Man”)
~ He was BIPEDAL- standing about 4-5 feet tall with a larger brain (700-1250cc). He
lived between 2 million and 200,000 years ago.
~ He was clever as illustrated by his ability to make Acheulian tools such as the hand axe
which was used as an axe, knife or even as a scraper. He was the First hominid to invent
and use fire.
~ Their skeletons were larger and showed that they were quite heavily muscled
~ They were omnivorous like many other early hominids.
~ Only had hair on their head and back like are men that we have today
~ Remains found in Hardar, Ethiopia where the skeleton of a female ‘Lucy’ were found.
~ Other fossils were found near Nariokotone River on the north western shores of
LakeTurkana by Kamoya Kimeu in 1984.
~ Also at Olorgesaillie near Magadi, Isimila near Iringa in TZ and Tenerife in Algeria.
~ The most famous Homo Erectus fossil was found in a cave in Zhoukoudian, China and
became known as Peking Man/Java man
7) Homo sapiens (“Wise Man” thinking man)
~ Their Main difference with their hominid ancestors is their extreme intelligence–they
were the smartest hominid that ever lived with a Brain capacity of 1000-1800cc
~ They lived between 200,000 and 150,000 years ago
~ They improved their way of life by making a variety of flint, bone, wood and stone
tools
(Microliths)
~ They hunted, gathered and fished. Later on, they domesticated plants and animals
~ Their Remains were found at Eliye Springs, Kanjera and Kanam in Kenya, Bodo and
Omo River Valley in Ethiopia and Ngaloba in Tanzania.
Three sub-species of Homo sapiens existed;
a) Rhodesian man
~ The sub-species Was discovered in Zambia , hence the name Rhodesian man