Name: Zack Gordon Date:9/17/12 Period:7 Assignment: Homo Habilis Input Chart

Facial Characteristics: Brain: Brain averaged 610 cc in size representing 1.7% of body weight; a significant increase compared to Australopithecus Environment: Homo habilis lived in a predominantly grassland environment. Small groups banded together for protection. The size of the group depended on the amount of food available. Groups would disband and move on, as food required. With their abilities to craft simple tools, Homo habilis could build simple shelters for protection from weather and animals. Skulls become fuller and rounded; slight forehead appearing; face had small, arched brow ridge (small than earlier ancestors); hole for spine located in center of skull base showed species walked upright. Height: Homo habilis were taller than their ancestors, the human-like primates like Autralopithecus. the average weight of a homo habilis male is almost 100 pounds and average height of male homo habilis is 5. Tools: Man had to get smart to survive. Man did not have strong claws to help them fight. They could not out run early tigers or cave lions. The Homo habilis man is credited with inventing stone tools to help live more comfortably, and to better protect themselves against the many carnivore (meat eating) animals of the time.

Environment/ Diet: The climate was becoming cooler and drier and this may have been the impetus for new feeding strategies that included scavenging and tool use. Their main diet was probably fruits, roots, nuts and vegetables that they found growing wild. Analysis shows they did include some meat in their diet.

Name: Zack Gordon Date:9/17/12 Period:7 Assignment: Homo Habilis Input Chart

Use History Alive! Pages 16-17 to complete the following. Be thorough in your answers. Input Charts are the primary source for Unit Exams (30% HISTORY category) and they need to be used as a study guide. PROMPT 1.) Who discovered Homo habilis? 2.) When did Handy Man live? 3.) How are Australopithecus (Lucy) and Homo habilis (Handy Man) similar and different? 4.) What is important about Homo habilis living in groups? 5.) Identify and explain the importance of the significant clue the Leakeys found. 6.) Describe the Homo habilis tools. YOUR ANSWER Mark Leakly found the Homo habilis. The handy man lived up to 1.5 million years ago. The homo habilis has a bigger brain and uses tools to get food unlike the Australopithecus. They stay together because it helps them survive.

The significant discovery is that all of the tools scattered around the place. The tools help them get food and live more comfortably and they also can protect themselves from animals that would try and kill them. 7.) What was required for the tools to be The tools were created by getting stones and created? sharping them. 8.) How did tools improve the life of Handy Man? Well it helped them get food easier and helped them build shelter. 9.) Describe what is occurring in the picture that The homo habilises are killing the animal to get crosses pages 16 and 17. food for their group. 10.) List any questions that you have about I wonder how they sharpened their tools? Australopithecus and/or Homo habilis. Asking questions is a technique archeologist, anthropologist, paleoanthropologist, historians, and geographers use to uncover unforeseen knowledge and insight.

Name: Zack Gordon Date:9/17/12 Period:7 Assignment: Homo Habilis Input Chart