SS Final Study Guide - Early Humans Chart

What is the nickname and meaning of the name for Australopithecus afarensis?

• ‘LUCY’ Beatles song

• ‘ALICE’ Wonderland

• ‘MOLLY’ Moon

• ‘SALLY’ Ride

What is the nickname and meaning of the name for Homo habilis?

• HandyMan Made tools

• Upright Walker

• Fire Maker

• Cave Dweller

What is the nickname and meaning of the name for Homo erectus?

• Upright Man Stood upright

• Wise Man Intelligent

• Handy Man Tool user

• Modern Man Thinker

What is the nickname and meaning of the name for Homo sapiens neanderthalensis?

• Wise man Bones found in Neander Valley in Germany

• Modern human Discovered in Africa

• Cave dweller Found in France

• Stone tool maker Discovered in Asia

What is the nickname and meaning of the name for Homo sapiens sapiens?

• Doubly Wise Man

• Modern Human

• Thinking Man

• Ancient Human

How many years ago did Australopithecus afarensis exist?

• 4 - 3 Million Years Ago (mya)

• 10 - 8 Million Years Ago (mya)

• 1 - 0.5 Million Years Ago (mya)

• 20 - 15 Million Years Ago (mya)

How many years ago did Homo habilis exist?

• 2 - 1.5 mya

• 5 - 4 mya

• 10 - 8 mya

• 500,000 - 400,000 years ago

How many years ago did Homo erectus exist?

• 1.8 mya – 200,000 thousand years ago

• 500,000 – 50,000 years ago

• 10 million – 1 million years ago

• 100,000 – 10,000 years ago

How many years ago did Homo sapiens neanderthalensis exist?

• 230,000 - 30,000 thousand years ago

• 500,000 - 400,000 thousand years ago

• 10,000 - 2,000 thousand years ago

• 1,000,000 - 800,000 thousand years ago

How many years ago did Homo sapiens sapiens exist?

• 35,000 - 12,000 thousand years ago

• 100,000 - 80,000 thousand years ago

• 5,000 - 2,000 thousand years ago

• 200,000 - 150,000 thousand years ago