About the Paleolithic Era (Old stone age); Human Evolution; Hominids; World History

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The Paleolithic Era (Old stone age); Human Evolution; Hominids; World History

The Paleolithic Era (Or the Old stone age) started about 6-7 million years ago. During this time, the first humans called hominids started to develop tools by chipping pebbles, stones, bones, wood, and lots more.

 

The first Hominids lived in Africa long time ago, changing over time. Here is a list of some well-known types of hominids.

Australopithecus: The first hominids were called Australopithecus, meaning “southern ape” and was around 4.4 million years ago. Australopithecus, were nomads, meaning that they traveled frequently to find food without a permanent home. One famous Australopithecus named Lucy; taught many scientist facts they weren’t accurate about.  For example, many archeologists believed that hominids used tools when hominids walked upright. But Lucy proved them wrong by standing upright, but not being able to use tools. The only objects Lucy used was sticks and stones to dig and break food.

Homo Habilis: Meaning “able man”, homo habilis were the first hominids to use stone tools. They were around 2.5 million years ago, which was during the first quarter of the Paleolithic period. They had bigger brains than the Australopithecus

Homo erectus: about 1.8 million years ago, Homo erectus were more developed and was able to walk upright. Even though many hominids walked upright before the Homo erectus, they had longer limbs to make them look more like a human. Around 500,000 years ago, the Homo erectus figured how to make fire. This was a great help for cooking, hunting and lots more. And sense fire gave them warmth, they were able to leave Africa and to travel colder climates.

Homo Sapiens: Homo Sapiens, also known as “wise men” were around 400,000 years ago. They had larger brains, and smaller jaws. A Homo Sapiens arms and legs were longer than the Homo Erectus. There are kinds of Homo Sapiens. One of them are Neanderthals. Neanderthals lived-in modern-day Europe and some areas of Turkey. The other type is Homo Sapiens Sapiens.

Homo Sapiens Sapiens.: Homo Sapiens Sapiens, meaning “wise wise human” is the group of humans we see today. They first appeared in Africa and populated the world about 100,000 years ago. Many archeologist say that Homo Sapiens Sapiens might have moved only about two-three miles in a whole generation.

 

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