aug 27, 41000000 BC - Austrolopithecus
Description:
Fact 1: They walked upright
Fact 2: Bipedal
Fact 3: Used stick tools, didn't MAKE tools
Fact 4: Name means “Southern ape”
Claim: Since austrolopithecus has a smaller skull than us, they have a smaller brain.
Migration Path: Austrolopithecus didn't migrate they stayed in Northern and Southern 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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