Hominids

Now we'll talk about hominids, one of the subjects that we studied in class.

The most important hominids are: the Homo Habilis, the Homo Erectus, the Homo Neanderthalensis and the Homo Sapiens (actual).

- THE HOMO HABILIS:

It lived approximately since 2'5 million years ago to 1'4 million years ago. Homo habilis is the first species of the homo genus to appear. It was the least similar to modern humans of all species of this genus. Homo habilis had a cranial capacity slightly less than half of the size of modern humans. Some fossils were found in Tanzania (Afric).

- HOMO ERECTUS:

It appeared 1'3 million years ago. its craneal capacity is larger than the Homo habilis one and the teeth are smaller These early hominines were tall, on average standing about 1.79 m and much stronger than modern humans. The brain size was expanding with time.

Some important foss