Hominid Jigsaw

Directions: Use the Hominid fact sheets and your notes on the fact sheets to complete all of the Jigsaw Questions.

  1. Which hominid has the nick name “Handy man” because they were the first hominid with fossil evidence of tools found with their remains?
  1. Which hominid existed between 2.1 and 1.1 million years ago and is likely a dead end branch of hominid evolution closely related to robustus?
  1. Which hominid was the first to show evidence migrating out of Africa, use fire and create more sophisticated stone tools than habilis?
  1. Which hominid ate mostly meat and was an excellent hunter in cold climate?
  1. Which TWO hominids likely had a strict vegetarian diet?
  1. Which hominid species is best known for the 3.2 million year old specimen named “Lucy” that was found in 1974 in Ethiopia?
  1. Which THREE hominids had brain sizes over 1,000 cubic centimeters in volume?
  1. Which hominid is known for making clothes, fine artwork, musical instruments and cave paintings?
  1. Which of the THREE hominids only existed in parts of Africa?
  1. Which hominid was the earliest of our genus Homo?
  1. Which hominid is very similar to humans in appearance but possibly even better adapted at walking than humans?
  1. Which hominid lived in parts of Europe and the Middle East while modern humans lived in these same areas?
  1. Which hominid is nicknamed the “nutcracker man” because it’s large jaws and sagittal crest allowing it to have a harsh diet of roots and nuts?
  1. Which species first appeared in East Africa 120,000 years ago and by 12,000 years ago had migrated across the globe?
  1. Which hominid is the oldest on the list, existing 3.9 to 30.0 million years ago?
  1. Which hominid is controversial because it is thought to have too wide of a variation of specimens, and that some of the specimens should listed as other hominid species?

Hominid Evolution

Diagram 1: Use the map below to explain what the habitat was like along equatorial Africa

8-10 MYA. Include on the map the location where apes dominated Africa during this time.

Diagram 2: Use the map below to explain the geologic, climate, and environmental change that took place in equatorial Africa about 6MYA. Include on the map the location of hominid evolution and continued ape evolution.