Question

1.) Hominid and Hominins

a) Who are Hominids ?

b) Who was the earliest human ancestor or make tools in Africa ?

c) How are the modern humans known ?
d) Name any one species of this tribe
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Answer 1

The immediate ancestors of humans were members of the genus Australopithecus click this icon to hear the preceding term pronounced. The australopithecines click this icon to hear the preceding term pronounced (or australopiths) were intermediate between apes and people. Both australopithecines and humans are biologically similar enough to be classified as members of the same biological tribe--the Hominini click this icon to hear the preceding term pronounced. All people, past and present, along with the australopithecines are hominins click this icon to hear the preceding term pronounced. We share in common not only the fact that we evolved from the same ape ancestors in Africa but that both genera are habitually bipedal click this icon to hear the preceding term pronounced, or two-footed, upright walkers. By comparison, chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas are primarily quadrupedal click this icon to hear the preceding term pronounced, or four-footed.