What would it be like to live as a Homo habilis?
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What would it be like to live as a Homo habilis?
Homo habilis ate meat by scavenging from animal carcasses. Homo habilis lived in East Africa at the same time as Paranthropus boisei. But they they occupied different ecological niches and so were not direct competitors. While habilis was an omnivore, boisei survived on a hard-to-chew vegetarian diet.
Could a Neanderthal live today?
The most recent fossil and archaeological evidence of Neanderthals is from about 40,000 years ago in Europe. After that point they appear to have gone physically extinct, although part of them lives on in the DNA of humans alive today.
How are Neanderthals similar to modern humans?
Their bodies were stockier and their limbs slightly shorter and more robust than their modern human counterparts. Despite this difference, Neanderthals and modern humans looked very similar and occupied similar ecological niches when their habitats overlapped.
What is the difference between a Homosapien and Neanderthal?
The key difference between Homosapien and Neanderthal is that homosapien is the modern human who lives today while neanderthal is an extinct species. For example, Neanderthal had a stronger and larger body structure than homo sapien, but homo sapien is more intelligent than Neanderthals.
What would Neanderthals do?
Our closest cousins, the Neanderthals, excelled at making stone tools and hunting animals, and survived the rigors of multiple ice ages. They excelled at hunting animals and making complex stone tools, and their bones reveal that they were extremely muscular and strong, but led hard lives, suffering frequent injuries.
How did Neanderthals adapt to their environment?
Many of their physical features suggest that they were adapted for the cold, such as their barrel-shaped chests, shorter limbs, and larger brains, all of which suggest a body shape adapted for retaining heat.