CB
between 2 and 3
million years ago
750 000 years ago
between 100 000 and
400 000 years ago
Can you identify the key changes that occurred during hominid evolution?
2.7 mya Neanderthal lives in woods and grasslands, has massive jaws for chewing on roots and vegetation
2.5 mya Hominids start to use stone tools regularly, develop a brain 850 cm
Between 4-6 mya ape hominin transitional species adopted bipedalism.
1.8 mya Homo erectus is found in Asia, First true hunter-gatherer ancestor, first to migrate out of Africa in
large numbers and attains a brain size of around 1000 cm
Australopithecus had a combination of humanlike and apelike traits: they were bipedal but had small
brains
Homo habilis appears to be intermediate in terms of evolutionary development between the primitive
Australopithecus and the more advanced Homo species.
15 mya Homo Heidelbergensis lives in Africa and Europe. Similar brain capacity to modern humans.