ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Walking With Cavemen, Paranthropus Boisei, Homo Habilis
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8 million years ago in africa, these creatures used both their hands and feet to get around the dense forest (africa was covered in dense forest from edge to edge) The ocean oor is expanding, changing the face of the planet, india was formed, the himalaya mountains were created, had an affect on the world"s weather, the monsoons, the led africa to now be very dry. Forced to spend more time on the ground and evolve to walk on two legs. Upright advantages: can see better but con: predators can spot them better. East africa (2 million years ago) paranthropus boisei (gorilla like) & homo habilis (scavengers: so many different type of 2 legged ape men. Grass began to emerge and new creatures have evolved to eat it. They don"t have big teeth or big jaws like boisei. They became scavengers (look for food everywhere), they investigate (notice that vultures that gather together indicate a dead animal around there)
