Where have our evidence for human evolution come from?
Fossils and mitochondrial DNA.
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What does stone tools tell us about evolution?
The first stone tool was found which is about 2.4 mil years old which was a round stone used as a hand axe, as time went on we found a younger one that looked like a spear head which shows us the intelligence level is increasing over time.
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What is the information behind lucy?
107 cm tall, walked up-right like an ape, from around about 3.2 million years ago
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What is the information behind ardi?
120cm tall, tree climber and walked up-right, from about 4.4 million years ago
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What is the information behind Homo habilis?
taller than 130cm, flat face like modern humans, used stone tools, from about 2.4-1.4 million years ago
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What is the information behind homo erectus?
179cm tall, long distance walker and strongly built, from around 1.8-0.5 million years ago
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What is the information behind homo sapiens?
variety of heights, user of complex tools, since 200,000 years ago.
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What does stone tools tell us about evolution?
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The first stone tool was found which is about 2.4 mil years old which was a round stone used as a hand axe, as time went on we found a younger one that looked like a spear head which shows us the intelligence level is increasing over time.
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