Human Evolution Timeline Interactive

1.       About 800,000 years ago, _fire_ was controlled by early humans.

2. About __4__ million years ago most early human species became bipedal.

3. The Homo Habilis used to live in Eastern and __Southern___ Africa.

4. About 12,000 years ago, humans managed to control the growth and breeding of some ___plants___ and animals.

5. The _Sahelanthropus tchadensis_ is the earliest human species from the timeline.

Answer these questions:

1. What's been the role of climate change in the development of humans?

R.- The role of the climate change was like a push for the human evolution, a need of a change in the way of living for surviving and that made that human and the earliest species improved their skills searching for new options of life.

2. In your opinion, what is the most significant milestone for the human evolution? Why?

R.- In my opinion, the most significant milestone for the human evolution is the “Dawn of technology” because it was the first big change in the human evolution, making a really big difference in the way of living of the earlier human and openning new possibilities to them.

3. Which early human species was thought to be the first to use tools made from stone?

R.- The first one that was thought to be the first using tools made from stone was Homo Habilis.

4. Who were the first human species to travel to and live in Europe? When?

R.- The first human species that travelled to Europe and lived there was the Homo Heidelbergensis, since 700.000 to 200.000 years ago.

5. Which species survived for the longest time? For how long?

R.- Homo Erectus and survived more than 1.7 million of years.