#Shorts #Nano documentary video
This video is a timeline of evolution for first hominids and size comparison of their brain sizes. Toumai (Sahelanthropus tchadensis) is considered the oldest hominid, had a brain size of 300 cc.
Orrorin (Orrorin tugenesis)
is the first bipedal hominid based on femur and tibial bones found. Australoptithecus Afarensis had a brain size 425 cc.
The most famous is Lucy
who was a female and walked almost bipedal. Her name comes from a Beatles song listened by the archeologist at the time of this great discovery.
Australopithecus Robustus
had a brain of 425 cc. Homo Habilis had a brain of 650 cc and he was clearly building and using stone tools. Homo Erectus or Ergaster had a brain of 900 cc and he was mastering fire already. The most famous is Turkana boy. Homo Heidelbergensis had a brain of 1000 cc he was organized in tribes and he was more advanced.
Homo Neanderthalensis
had a brain of 1400 cc, he was more robust than Homo Sapiens and both had in breeding. They are extinct. Homo Cro Magnon had a brain of 1325 cc, he was Homo Sapiens. The earliest was discovered in Romania and had 25% Neanderthal DNA. Homo Sapiens Sapiens has brain of 1325 cc.
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Pictures credit : By Didier, T. Michael Keesey,Durova ,Gerbil,DocteurCosmos ,José-Manuel Benito Álvarez, Stefan Scheer,Claire Houck from New York City, USA – Neanderthal Skeleton, Cicero Moraes -, Bone Clones – Bone Clones, Andrew from Cleveland, Ohio, USA – Lucy, hairymuseummatt,Sémhur,Daniela Hitzemann , Pressebilder Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann, https://www.neanderthal.de/de/urmenschen.html,
REFERENCES; SOURCES: www.wikipedia.com, www.ancient.eu, www.facts.net, www.britannica.com, FURTHER READING AND SUGGESTED VIDEOS:
A Brief History of Humankind – Yuval Noah Harari
Toumai – Type site of Sahelanthropus tchadensis (thoughtco.com)
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