THE FIRST HUMANS

                       THE ANCIENT WORLD

             THE FIRST HUMANS

 There has been life on earth for some 300 million yeras,but the first humanlike creatures appeared about 7 million years ago. These "man-apes" came down from the trees in which they, like other primate,lived. They walked on two legs and used tools.
"THE FIRST HUMANS EVOLUTION"

THE TOUMAI SKULL found in Chad,in Africa, in 2002 may be a clue to the oldest hominid or humanlike creatures known. Some scientists think it is 7 million years old. The fossil record then jump to about 4 million years ago, when the Australopithecines lived in Africa. The most complete skeleton of an Australopithecus was found in Ethiopia in 1974. The individual, nickname "Lucy," died about 3 million years ago, aged about 40. She was as tall as a 10- year-old.

"AUSTRALOPITHECUS"-(LUCY)

The first true human being, known as "HOMO HABILIS"(Latin for " handy man"), appeared about 2.5 million years ago. They had bigger brain and made tools from stick and stone. 
HOMO HABILIS ( early humans)

A million years later another species, HOMO ERECTUS ("Upright man") had appeared and gradually spread out of Africa in to Europe and Asia. These early humans made better tools for hunting, built shelter, and also used fire.


Many scientists believe that modern humans, HOMO SAPIENS ("Wise man"), evolved from these hominids. Two species lived side by side: Neanderthal people and modern people. By about 20,000 years ago the Neanderthal had died out,and modern humans, had spread to all of the continents.

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