AUSTRALOPITHECUS

AUSTRALOPITHECUS
From 4.2 to 2 million years ago

Tertiary Era

It spread across Africa, in the Ethiopian Rift Valley.

CHARACTERISTICS

It moved with a bipedal gait.

It climbed trees to escape danger.
It ate everything.
It was omnivorous:
rodents, birds,
caterpillars,
eggs,
roots,
fruit.

Physically,
it was about 130 cm tall and weighed between 25 and 30 kg.
Males were much larger than females.

It lived in groups.
It was nomadic.

It was skillful with its hands.
It used sticks and stones to dig, break, and cut.

FAMOUS FOSSIL

Lucy
25-year-old female
Found in Ethiopia