Australopithecus

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Australopithecus

• By Brandon, Jesus and Heather H.

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Time and Place of Existence

• The Australopithecus lived 3.75 million years ago
  in the eastern and southern parts of Africa.

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Physical Appearance

• The Australopithecus are believed to be our early
  direct ancestors.
• Both male and female are known to be 120-170cm
  tall.Their weight was unknown.
• The Australopithecus skull was similar to that
  of an ape because of the protruding eyebrow
  ridge, flat nose, and jutting jaw.

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Shelters

• The Australopithecus did not have shelters that
  they created.
• They lived outside and followed their food,
  migrating to follow their prey.

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Food They Ate

• This tribe has been found to eat insects,plants,
  berries, leaves, fruit, and roots.
• To get these typical things they used branches
  and stones as tools.

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Tools

• Scientists do not believe that Australopithecus
  made tools, but they may have used were branches,
  sticks, and stones to kill their prey.

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Fire

• The Australopithecus tribe had not discovered how
  to make fire.

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Religion and Ceremonies

• Religions and Ceremonies were not part of the
  Australopithecus tribe.

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Languages

• This group communicated by mouth and words and
  gestures.
• There was no formal language and they did not
  have specific words for specific things.

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Clothing

• We do not know whether or not the
  Australopithecus wore clothing.
• If they did, they most likely draped animal skins
  over their bodies like blankets.

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Paintings and Carvings

• The Australopithecus group did not do any
  painting or carving because they were focused
  mainly on survival.
• They had a very hard life.