Australopithecus The First Species of Man Discovered This
project was made and presented by Giselle, Janeth, Kyle, Taylor
C.
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Hi, class! Today we will be learning about the Australopithecus
and we will be having some questions at the end, so please pay
attention to the slide show.
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Australopithecus ranged in size from about 47- 67 (120cm-170cm)
tall. They were the smallest species of early humans (except the
newly- discovered Ardipithecus) being almost like the size of an
upright chimpanzee. Males averagely weighed about 92 pounds and
females averagely weighed about 64 pounds. (1)
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Australopithecus slept in trees for two reasons: to get sleep
and to get at least a little bit of shelter from mother nature and
to get away and be protected from predators. (2)
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Australopithecines hunted animals and bugs. Scientists believe
that they also ate bird eggs and plants, such as fruit and
vegetables. (3)
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Daily Life The lifestyle of the Australopithecus is much
different from our life today. The Australopithecus did not have a
vegetarian diet, so they would hunt for their food, although they
did also eat plants. The Australopithecus also had to be careful of
predators, such as saber tooth tigers that might attack them.
(4)
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Australopithecines didnt use any tools. Up to this day,
scientists havent found any evidence that they did. (5)
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Some people thought Australopithecus created fire, but they
didnt. The Australopithecines were not so smart because they had
super small brains. (6)
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Lucy was an Australopithecus who died, and her bones survived
over 3-4 million years under the rock, gravel, and dirt in Africa.
She even survived destruction from the animals that tried to dig
her up. Her skeleton was evidence that Australopithecines had
lived. (7)
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Australopithecus didnt speak any oral languages. They grunted
and gestured a lot of the time. Australopithecus also didn't write
any written language either. (8),,,,,,
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Australopithecus didnt paint in caves because they didnt have
time. If they had the time to paint, they would not have had to
worry so much about food shelters and animals. (9)
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Facts about the Australopithecus The Australopithecus had the
smallest brains of the early humans. Their brain size were 375-550
cubic cm. (10)
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Questions # 1 What did the Australopithecus use for tools ? #2
Did the Australopithecus have the smallest or the largest brains?
#3 Were the Australopithecus the first fossilized humans on earth
(before the finding of Ardipithecus)? #4 How did the
Australopithecus live and work? #5 Where did Australopithecus
live?
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Answers #1 They didnt really have tools, but did use rocks and
sticks as tools. #2 They had the smallest brains. #3 Yes, they
were. #4 The Australopithecus lived in trees and worked very hard.
#5 They lived in Africa.
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Conclusion Thank you for watching the slide show and paying
attention. We hope that you guys learned a lot about the
Australopithecus and hope you guys enjoyed this slide show.
Thanks.
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Endnotes 1.Australopithecus, http://www.anthro4n6.net/lucy, p.
7. 2.Kearns, Marsha, Australopithecus, Early Humans, p. 1. 3.Ibid.
4.California Vistas Ancient Civilizations, Macmillan McGraw-Hill,
NY, 2007, p. 73. 5.Ibid, p 72. 6.Australopithecus,
Australopithecus, http://www.earlyhumans.mrdonn.org/.
7.Australopithecus, http://www.anthro4n6.net/lucy, pp. 1-2.
8.Australopithecus, Australopithecus,
http://www.earlyhumans.mrdonn.org/. 9.Ibid. 10.California Vistas
Ancient Civilizations, Macmillan McGraw-Hill, NY, 2007, p. 73.
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Australopithecus. Australopithecus.
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