Human Evolution Timeline

1. About  800.000 years ago, fire was controlled by early humans.

2. About 6 million years ago most early human species became bipedal.

3. The Homo Habilis used to live in Eastern and Southern Africa.

4. About  12.000 years ago, humans managed to control the growth and breeding of certain kind of plants and animals.

5. The Homo Sapiens are the earliest human species from the timeline.

1. What's been the role of climate change in the development of humans?

It’s supposed that climate change has speeded up the brain increasing process.

2. In your opinion, what is the most significant milestone for the human evolution? Why?

It’s complicated, because some impressive things have appeared from millions years ago, since other things have just arrived since 12.000 ago. So the amount of time between them is a lot, but I think it’s amazing how recently the humanity has started eating plants and animals, which is a very radical change.

3. Which early human species was thought to be the first to use tools made from stone?

They were the homo-habilis (Homo means human, and habilis means skilled.

4. Who were the first human species to travel to and live in Europe? When?

They were the homo heidelbergensis from about 700.000 to 200.000 years ago.

5. Which species survived for the longest time? For how long?

They were the Homo Erectus from 1.89 million to 143.000 years ago.