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Australopithecine

The genus Australopithecus is closely related to the human genus Homo sharing several traits with modern apes and humans. Includes several species of extinct hominids.

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Which genus of humans made the first tools?

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Austrolopithecus were the first humans known to man and they did not use many tools at all because they were part of the hunter-gatherer group. Next came the Homo-Habilis, which means handi-man so they must have used some tools that gave them this name. After the came the Homo-Erectus, Homo-Sapiens, then us, the Homo-Sapiens Sapiens. After the Homo-Habilis started to use tools, they will have passed down the knowledge and structure of tools to the other species of humans.

What is the timeline for the Australopithecus?

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There were five species of Australopithecus: Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, Australopithecus anamnesis, Australopithecus garhi and Australopithecus sediba. The Australopithecus afarensis remains in Ethiopia are better known as Lucy and this species lived between 3.85 and 2.95 million years ago. The africanus lived 3.3 to 2.1 million years ago. The anamnesis lived 4.2 to 3.9 million years ago. The garhi lived about 2.5 million years ago and the sediba lived between 1.97 and 1.98 million years ago.

Where were Australopithecus discovered?

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They lived in Africa, (specifically Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania) in a very harsh landscape, made of very few trees. It is the reason why they became bipedal.

What tools did court jesters use?

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court jesters would carry a mock scepter called a bauble which was adorned by a carved head or inflated bladder of an animal

What kind of tools did australopithecus have?

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Australopithecus afarensis used stone tools, according to the California Academy of Sciences. Bones that are believed to be about 3.4 million years old show evidence that this hominin used stone tools to cut up meat.

What did the Australopithecus wear?

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There is no evidence of Australopithecus fabricating ANYTHING. They did not make tools, they did not make containers, they did not make clothes.

They wore nothing contrived.

How did australopithecines get their food?

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Australopithecus get their water from streams and lakes. Australopithecus get their water from streams and lakes.

What happened between 8-5 million years ago?

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due to climate changes :)

What are some Australopithecus abilities?

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Australopithecus afarensis had been deemed a species and had been given the ... brains would have the capability and hand skills in order to make those tools.

What would you use Kreg tools for?

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Kreg tools can be used for lots of woodworking projects. Building wood cabinets or any other such wood project can be accomplished through the tools available through kreg tools

Did Australopithecenes paint and carve?

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There is no evidence that Austrlopithecenes created any type of art. Art such as carved objects and paintings are not seen in the record until the part of the brain associated with these activities became more developed in species of our own genus, Homo.

Where did Tim white find the 4.4 million year old hominid in 1974?

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In 1974 he worked with Mary Leaky and in 1976 the team he was on discovered fossil footprints of an ancient hominid. This work was done in Kenya, Africa.
Later he assisted Donald Johanson in analyzing the fossil skeleton known as "Lucy." White was a listed author, along with Johanson, of the 1978 paper that announced their finding that Lucy was not a specimen of Australopithecus africanus but a different species they named Australopithecus afarensis. Lucy's remains were found in Ethiopia.

At 3.2 million years of age, Lucy's was the oldest nearly complete hominid skeleton to come to light up to that time.

In 1992 the team he now lead found a layer of 4.4 million-year-old sediment with bones of around 17 individuals. Which were 2 million years older than Lucy. These were found in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. They named the groups as if it were one, called Ardi.

White said that the specimens belonged to a different genus, he it named Ardipithecus ( ground ape) as opposed to the tree-dwelling apes of today. These hominids are now known as Ardipithecus ramidus.

While Lucy was exclusively bipedal, Ardi was capable of walking both upright and on all fours. Her hands were flexible for a variety of tasks, but suitable for walking on all fours.
While modern apes walk with their weight on their knuckles, Ardi would have walked with her weight resting on the palms of her hands.

The jaws of A. ramidus males lacked the large canine teeth that chimpanzees and other apes
use to express aggression, particularly when competing with other males for access to females.
It has been said that this made a male less aggressive but more providing as he would walk upright and carry items as well.