Diana Nikolas Serra Introductory Slide Take a trip with us back in time to explore the world before electronic technology and devices Discover how the Australopithecus lived millions of years ago Learn what they ate where they lived how they lived and what they looked like ID: 715502
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Australopithecus
By Julian, Diana, Nikolas, SerraSlide2
Introductory Slide
Take a trip with us back in time to explore the world before electronic technology and devices. Discover how the Australopithecus lived millions of years ago. Learn what they ate, where they lived, how they lived, and what they looked like. So come on a journey into the past and explore the daily life of an Australopithecus.Slide3
Dates and Places
The Australopithecus lived about five million years ago. They commonly lived in Southern and Eastern Africa.[1] Slide4
Appearances
The Australopithecus were dramatically hairy. They were forty-seven to sixty-seven inches tall, and they walked upright on two feet. The average weight of a male Australopithecus was about ninety to one hundred fifty-four
pounds,
and the female Australopithecus weighed about fifty-five to sixty-six
pounds
.[2]Slide5
Shelters
The Australopithecus would commonly live in the open, finding shelter in tall trees to stay out of sight from large predators and other Australopithecus tribes.[3]Slide6
Food
Australopithecus ate animals they hunted or dead animals they found while hunting.
Primarily, they were scavengers. In
addition to eating animals, they would also look for bird eggs, fruit, roots,
leaves
, insects, and several other types of plants.[4] Slide7
Daily Life
The Australopithecus would mainly spend their lives trying to survive. So by doing that, they would be mainly hunting for their tribe and trying to stay alive.[5]Slide8
Tools
Australopithecus did not invent. Instead, they used natural resources like things that have already been formed. For example,
sticks and
stones would have been used as tools, but they were not modified in any way by Australopithecus.[
6]Slide9
Fire
The Australopithecus did not discover fire because their lives were very difficult, and they were mainly to occupied trying to survive.[7]Slide10
Religion and Ceremonies
Australopithecus had neither religion nor
ceremonies because they were
too
occupied trying to find
food and shelter
and
to survive their harsh lives.[
8]Slide11
Language
The Australopithecus did not have exact language, but they would use hand gestures and sounds. They did not have a specific type of language.[9]Slide12
Clothing
The Australopithecus did not
wear
or make clothes
,
but they might drape animals skins over themselves when it was particularly cold since
they had no fire.[10] Slide13
Painting and Carvings
The Australopithecus did not have the time to paint and carve because they were too busy trying to survive and stay alive.[11]Slide14
Lucy
Lucy was an Australopithecus who died
, possibly by drowning
in a river about 3.8 to 3.2 million years ago. She was found in 1974 by Donald
Johanson
and his team of archaeologists.
Lucy was three feet eight inches tall and weighed about sixty pounds.
Lucy’s
name was
chosen because the archaeologists were listening
to the song “Lucy in the
S
ky
with
Diamonds
,” by the
Beatles, when they discovered the skeleton.
People suggested
that the
skeleton
be named Lucy, and
so the name stuck.[12]Slide15
Questions
What type of tools did the Australopithecus use? Explain.Who was Lucy?How did the Australopithecus speak?Slide16
Answers
Australopithecus did not invent tools. Instead, they used natural resources like things that have already been formed, for example sticks and stones.Lucy was an Australopithecus who
died, possibly by drowning
in a river about 3.8 to 3.2 million years ago.
Australopithecus
did not have exact language, but they would use hand gestures and
sounds.
They did not have a
specific
language
.[9]Slide17
Conclusion
Woo, what a trip. Now that you've learned a lot about the Australopithecus, we can travel back in our own time and enjoy the knowledge that we have discovered. We hope you learned a lot about the life of Australopithecus and what they did to stay alive!Slide18
End Notes
California Vistas Ancient Civilizations, Macmillian
/ McGraw-Hill: New
York, NY
,
2007, pp.64-67
.
Ibid
.
www. Ecotao.com./
hoslim
/hu_austral.htm 2008.
4 Early humans
packet.
5. www.
Ecotao
. com /
hoslim
/hu_austral.htm 2008
6.
johnhawks
. Net/… / dikikia-cutmarks-mcpherron-2010. html
7. Interview with Ricky
Rivera.
8.
California Vistas Ancient Civilizations
,
Macmillian
/ McGraw-Hill: New
York, NY
, 2007, pp.64-67.
9.
Ibid
.
10. www. Ecotao.com./
hoslim
/hu_austral.htm 2008.
Ibid
.
California Vistas Ancient Civilizations
,
Macmillian
/ McGraw-Hill: New York, NY, 2007, pp.64-67.Slide19
Bibliography
California Vistas Ancient Civilizations. Macmillian/ McGraw-Hill: New York, NY, 2007. Kearns, Marsha.“Homo
Habilis
.”
Early
Humans
.
Creative
Teaching Press: CA, 1993
.
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