mar 29, 4407341 BC - Australopithecus (African Ape)
Description:
They could walk short distances on two legs.
They were one of the first and earliest versions of humans.
They could not make tools.
Claim 1: They had small heads so they had small brains.
Claim 2: they did not eat meat because their bodies could not process it.
Claim 3: They were more ape than human because they did not have human habits, or walk completely upright.
Migration: They stayed in Africa.
Source 1: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/anthropology/v1007/2002projects/web/australopithecus/austro.html
Source 2:http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/australopithecus-afarensis
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