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According to the theories of human evolution, many changes in humanity have enabled us to make progress. We evolved from different creatures called hominids. There are a lot of different hominids, each one always looking more alike to us. We humans do not know the exact truth of our old ancestors, but we did our best by finding skeletons of our ancestors. I think the real truth of our history will always be hidden and we will never know the story of us. Each one is in a different stage of human evolution. I am going to explain 5 different hominids: > > > >
 * T he Human Evolution 4 **
 * Australopithecustoc
 * Homo Habilis
 * Homo Erectus
 * Homo Sapiens
 * Homo Sapiens Sapiens

At the end of this essay you will almost know everything about human evolution. The picture explains how we turned from apes into humans.



Australopithecus
Australopithecus was the first stage of human evolution. The human evolution started in Africa. Their enviroment was the half Savannah, half jungle. Australopithecus was a scavenger. They took food from leftovers of dead animals which were slayed by monsters,for example a saber tooth.

The Australopithecus lived in Africa about 3.9 until 3.0 million years ago. They were covered in hair all around their body. As I mentioned, they ate leftovers of raw meat. The Australopithecus had very small teeth for eating soft food, for example meat or plants. Their brain was also very small, about the size of a ape's brain. The Australopithecus did not use tools, just their bare hands. That meant they did all the work with their hands. They lived in tree's where the Australopithecus would be safe from predators. If they where chased by a predator they would run away, sometimes on all four legs.

The Australopithecus was the first kind of hominid which started to walk upright. It could run longer, and start to make little grunt noises because of his chest muscles.The Australopithcus also could see farther. On the other hand, this meant that the predators could see the Australopithecus from further away.



Homo Habilis
Homo Habilis was the second stage of human evolution. It also lived in Africa, but their habitat had less trees because of the hot climate. Homo Habilis lived like Australopithecus. It was also a scavenger, eating leftovers from other dead animals. Homo Habilis where often searching for food.

Homo Habilis lived in Africa from 1.9 million years ago to 1.6 million years a-go. They did not have as much fur as Australopithecus. Homo Habilis had a small mouth and small teeth. It's maximum size was 1.45 meters tall. It had thick skin and was a hairless ape. It ate soft food. Homo Habilis was the first hominid to use stone tools. With this tool, Homo Habilis could get more food fom dead animals. They started to walk entirely upright and started migrating to Europe, and Asia

Homo Habilis was the first hominid to use stone tools. It invented a sharp stone that is called a Hand ax. It was a stone that was carved to be sharp. The hand ax fitted tigthly into the hands of the Homo Habilis. Hominids started using it to get other parts of dead animal. It was called the marrow. The Homo Habilis always tried to make the hand ax sharper by hitting a stone aginst another. Sometimes Homo Habilis injured himself because the hand ax got really sharp.



Homo Erectus
Homo Erectus was the third stage of human evolution. They lived in Africa, Europe, and Asia. Their habitat had changed becasue in each country the climate is different. In their new habitat they had different plants and animals to be hunted. But something happened at the beginning of the evolution between the Habilis and the Erectus. The Homo Erectus found the secret about the most dangerous weapon which every monster feared of...........FIRE.

Homo Erectus lived from 1.2 until 0.2 million years ago. The Homo Erectus means Handy man or upright person. It had a flat forehead and very thick eyebrows. The Homo Erectus found how to master fire, they could start to cook raw meat so it would be more digestable. It also meant that the men could go on the hunt, because every animal fears fire. The Homo Erectus still had small teeth but they also had thicker leg bones to help them run faster. The Homo Erectus started building houses out of wood, tree's, and branches to keep them warm while it is raining. Also to keep them safe from other predators while the Homo Erectus hominids are asleep. The Homo Erectus has less hair than the Homo Habilis.

It took time for the Homo Erectus to master fire completly. Fire was the most powerful weapon at the time of. Every animal or insect in the world feared before it. That meant that the Homo Erectus could go on the hunt and bring back enough food for there families. The Homo Erectus turned from scavengers to predators. They could also cook food, and keep them warm in cold climate or weather. Nobody know's how the Homo Erectus found out how to master fire completely, even if it is raining they could keep the fire going. I think that the Homo Erectus used a healing liquid called pine resin, which would stay a light in rain. The Homo Erectus had mastered fire completely.



Homo Sapiens
Homo Sapiens, also called Neanderthals was the fourth stage of human evolution. It lived in Africa, Europe, Asia, and America. A lot of Homo Sapiens migrated from other countries to America, this was during the Ice Age. Homo Sapiens started being used to the cold climate of the Ice Age.They had to make warmer clothes, and learn to build better weapons to keep them safe fro other predators. But the Ice Age was still making a huge affect on the Homo Sapiens.

Homo Sapiens lived from 0.2 million years ago to 0.1 million years ago. The Homo Sapiens started living in caves. The cave provided extra warmth for the Ice Age. The Neanderthal still ate the same food as the Homo Erectus, cooked meat. The Homo Sapiens had very big noses to keep them warm in cold climate, also to keep their breathing well. The fore head got taller and the shoulders also. The Neanderthal had long hair to keep there head's warm. They had very strong arm's, to carry something while looking for food. The Homo Sapiens were very often switching to a new cave because the prey was traveling away. So they dragged the Neanderthals by there hoofs. Usually the men neanderthal's had to go away from there family on a journey to find new prey and where it would be warmer.

The Ice Age had a huge affect on the Homo Sapiens.. The men had to go on the hunt almost the whole day looking for prey. It also meant the the Neanderthals had to go from cave to cave searching for more food. The Ice also had an affect to little kids who where just born or older. There body's had to be strong to fight the cold and not to catch diseases. Then at one time the men had to live there family, going on a big journey to a place where more prey would be, and warmer weather. The men Neanderthals had to leave the other part of family alone in a cave without prey, they would die. It was there choice, live, or die with the family and friends.



Homo Sapiens Sapiens
The Homo Sapiens Sapiens, also called the Modern Man was the last stage of human evolution so far. They are us. We live everywhere in the world, in every continent, every country, etc. We also live in houses out of bricks and glass. We are have mastered fie, have mastered clothing, mastered almost everything in the world we need. But at the same time we are breaking the world with pollution and all that kind of things, chemicals, energy plants, etc.

The Modern Man lives since 0.1 million years on the earth. We have changed a bit from the Homo Sapien. We don't have that big noses as the Homo Sapiens, are shoulders got higher, we got taller, we got less hair, and our brain got way bigger exploding with new ideas, such as skyscrapers, and computers. We don't use very much fire nowadays but we invented something way better.....Electricity. The Modern Man walk's completly up right. There are still some things we can not do anymore from evolving, for example: we can't climb like the Australopithecus anymore.

Scientists don't know in what we will evolve into next. I think that we are got to evolve back into a sort of ape, not walking up right anymore, or we are always got to get taller and taller until were giants. Who knows? Nowadays there are not a lot of monsters who can kill us becasue the monsters also evolved into others.



Conclusion
Now that you know all the information, what should you do with the information. So what? I think we should learn about this subject to know about our older ancestors, how they looked like and how they acted. Are we similar? Yes and No. Why do u think it is important. It could be that if we humans, find out about the true history, we could know how to survive if something happened to Planet Earth. People don't know what will happen next to us, it could be that we invent brilliant technology that we don't have to walk anywhere to get something from the grocery store, etc. I think that the human evolution is got to continue that our brains get always bigger and improve, and that our body will get more upright and taller. Maybe 1 day we will know the perfect history of human evolution. Humans are got to continue making progress.



Movie
This movie is about the Homo Sapiens how they lived in the Ice Age, which predators they faces, different tribes of Homo Sapiens, etc.

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