Humans today are hard to describe because to us it’s just normal. We eat all sorts of foods including: meats, vegetables, fruits, grains, and dairy. Today humans have jobs, families, and houses. Lucky for us, we don’t have to adapt to our environments as much anymore, we just change it to better fit our needs (ex. Instead of adapting to the temp. we just put air conditioning in our houses and buildings). Back then they couldn’t do this because they didn’t have developed technology.
Our early ancestors were Australopithecus, Homo habilis, and Neanderthals. First, Australopithecus, these were the first species of “humans” that walked on two legs They still looked almost identical to apes. Their average size is 4ft 11in and weight is an …show more content…
Not tools like we use now, but they had ways of getting things done. They also have a smaller skull and smaller teeth than the Australopithecus. Their average size is 3ft 4in - 4ft 4in and their average weight was 70 lbs. Their diet is similar to the Australopithecus with the addition of tougher leaves and animal meat.
Finally we have Neanderthals, they are the closests to modern humans out of the three. Differences between us and them are that they have bigger noses and bigger bodies. They still have to withstand the colder weather, so they have thicker bodies. Their average size is 5ft 5in and 143 lbs. For the most part they are fairly adapted, they have shelters, they hunt food, contain fire, and use more modern tools. They ate meats and plants they gathered.
Our environment has changed quite a bit since Neanderthals lived. Over the years the Earth has gotten progressively warmer. Our ancestors had to go through much colder temperatures with fewer resources to keep warm. Today we build our houses and cook our food in ovens and back then they lived in caves and ate their food raw or cooked it over a fire. Now we don’t have to worry about getting a cold and it being life threatening, because we have doctors, hospitals, and medicine. We also don’t have to about wild animals coming into our homes and killing us. We have it much easier
Our early ancestors were Australopithecus, Homo habilis, and Neanderthals. First, Australopithecus, these were the first species of “humans” that walked on two legs They still looked almost identical to apes. Their average size is 4ft 11in and weight is an …show more content…
Not tools like we use now, but they had ways of getting things done. They also have a smaller skull and smaller teeth than the Australopithecus. Their average size is 3ft 4in - 4ft 4in and their average weight was 70 lbs. Their diet is similar to the Australopithecus with the addition of tougher leaves and animal meat.
Finally we have Neanderthals, they are the closests to modern humans out of the three. Differences between us and them are that they have bigger noses and bigger bodies. They still have to withstand the colder weather, so they have thicker bodies. Their average size is 5ft 5in and 143 lbs. For the most part they are fairly adapted, they have shelters, they hunt food, contain fire, and use more modern tools. They ate meats and plants they gathered.
Our environment has changed quite a bit since Neanderthals lived. Over the years the Earth has gotten progressively warmer. Our ancestors had to go through much colder temperatures with fewer resources to keep warm. Today we build our houses and cook our food in ovens and back then they lived in caves and ate their food raw or cooked it over a fire. Now we don’t have to worry about getting a cold and it being life threatening, because we have doctors, hospitals, and medicine. We also don’t have to about wild animals coming into our homes and killing us. We have it much easier