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About the Australopithecus (Hominid)
The Australopithecus nickname was southern ape because they had lived in Africa. They were the first hominids (so far discovered). They have longer arms and shorter legs thn humans. The long arms were probably for reaching food like fruit that was high up in the trees. They had very powerful jaws that were used to pull the meat off bone. Their brain size is 1/3 to 1/2 the size of an average human. The average Australopithecus was 4' 4" and weighed about 80 pounds. We have no evidence of their hair and skin color (if they even had any). They lived from 4.5 to 1 Million years ago. They lived in the Rift Valley in Africa. Most lived near savanas to get a good and fresh supply of water. They lived in family groups of 25 people (or rather apes) or more. They were also nomadic which means they had no permanent home. They also had no known language or tools. Also, more than half of them died before they even had reached adulthood. They foraged for food and were omnivores. Some of the foods scientists think they ate are fruits, nuts, roots, birds, eggs, fish, lizards, small game, insects, berries, and carrion (decaying flesh). The first Australopithecus bones were found in Ethiopia in 1974 by Donald Johanson. He and his crew named it Lucy because it was a woman Australopithecus and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", by the beatles, was playing on the radio at the time. Also series of fossilized footsteps were found by Louis and Mary Leakey. At the time some animals that exist right now existed then too. Some of them were, saber-toothed tigers, seabirds, monkeys, lions, baboons, rats, leopards, flamingoes, hippos, hyenas, crocodiles, antellopes, pigs, hyrox (a form of rabbits), and dinotherium (an elephant with 4 tusks). There are also several versions of Australopithecus such as a Paranthropus Boisei.

About the Homo Habilis (Hominid)
The Nickname of the Homo Habilis was "Handy Man". They were the first hominid to make and use tools. Because of the Homo Habilis, we have generated the idea of tools and made lots of technology. The Homo Habilis had larger brains than the Australopithecus. The average height was 3' 5" and the average weight is 113 pounds. They lived during the Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age) and lived for only 1.5 to 1 Million years. They were nomadic (no permanent home). The men were the hunters and the women and children were the gatherers. The men would run and kill the animals while women and children picked them up and collected them. They used tools for cutting raw meat and ate them raw. Their tools were made of antlers, bones, and stones (mostly chert and basalt). Some of their tools were choppers and scrapers. Scrapers were used to scrape the meat off the bone of the animal and choppers were used to chop the animal into tiny pieces. They ate raw meat, small prey, figs, berries, shoots, stems, tubers, greens, nuts, insects, catfish, frogs, birds, and many small rodents. At that time, hippos, ostriches, vultures, and tortoises existed.

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