Human Evolution

1. About 800,000 years ago,fire was controlled by early humans.
2. About 6 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 Homo Sapiens 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?
 - The climate chanches allowed humans to adapt to different types of habitats and the climate change also caused many human losses because there were very abrupt changes that limited the survival of some species.

2. In your opinion, what is the most significant milestone for the human evolution? Why?
  -The most important milestone was the use of the fire, because this gave our ancestors an important tool for the humanity , the fire allowed them create metal tools, cook food, to prepare medicinal concoctions , to protect them from the cold and wild animals,etc.The fire was also important for brain development to.

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

4. Who were the first human species to travel to and live in Europe? When?
 - Homo heidelbergensis was the first specie to travel and live in Europe about 400.000-40.000 years ago.

5. Which species survived for the longest time? For how long?
 -It was Homo erectus, their lived between about 1.89 million-143.000 years ago.