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Can Australopithecus make fire?
There is no evidence to suggest that any species of the Australopithecus genus developed control of fire.
How did Australopithecus find food?
afarensis ate from looking at the remains of their teeth. Dental microwear studies indicate they ate soft, sugar-rich fruits, but their tooth size and shape suggest that they could have also eaten hard, brittle foods too – probably as ‘fallback’ foods during seasons when fruits were not available.
What did the Australopithecus afarensis look like?
Au. afarensis had both ape and human characteristics: members of this species had apelike face proportions (a flat nose, a strongly projecting lower jaw) and braincase (with a small brain, usually less than 500 cubic centimeters — about 1/3 the size of a modern human brain), and long,…
What did the first hominids wear for clothes?
Earliest hominids who invented clothing probably didn’t wear clothes all the time but covered up in animal hides only in extreme weathers.
Why did Australopithecus afarensis leave footprints at Laetoli?
The morphology of Australopithecus upset what scientists previously believed — namely, that strongly increased brain size had preceded bipedalism. If A. afarensis was the definite hominid that left the footprints at Laetoli, that strengthens the notion that A. afarensis had a small brain, but was a biped.
What kind of food did the Australopithecus afarensis eat?
Paleoanthropologists can tell what Au. afarensis ate from looking at the remains of their teeth. Dental microwear studies indicate they ate soft, sugar-rich fruits, but their tooth size and shape suggest that they could have also eaten hard, brittle foods too – probably as ‘fallback’ foods during seasons when fruits were not available.