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Homonids |
Prehistoric people who walked upright and developed the opposable thumb. |
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Australopithacines |
The earliest type of hominid from 4 Million to one million B.C. The first to walk upright and have the opposable thumb. |
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Homo-habilis |
A type of hominid that developed after the australapithicines from 2.5 million to 1.5 million B.C. "Man of Skill" |
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Homo erectus |
A type of hominid that developed after homo-habilis from 1.6 million to 30,000 B.C. "Upright Man" |
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Neanderthal |
A type of hominid that developed after homo- erectus from 200,000 to 30,000 B.C. "Caveman" |
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Cro-Magnon |
A type of hominid that developed after the Neanderthal from 40,000 to 8,000 B.C. Looked identical to modern day humans |
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The Stone Age |
The earliest period of human exsistence in which hominids lived and made achievements duch as inventions of tools, mastery over fire, and the development of a spoken language. |
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The Paleolithic Age |
The "Old Stone Age" 2.5 million to 8,000 B.C. |
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Lucy |
Early hominid fossil discovered and named after a beetles song. |
