* Proconsul heseloni (Dryopithecus)

- has more notable similarities to modern-day monkeys. It was a fruit eater, and its brain was larger
than that of a monkey.

- Proconsul posses both monkey-like and ape-like features which includes thin tooth enamel, narrow
chest and short forelimbs, long flexible back, no tail, larger brain relative to body size and
quadrupedal lifestyle.

* Ardipithecus ramidus

- Mix of primitive and derived features suggest this species was able to walk upright on the ground
yet efficiently climb trees.

- They are more likely omnivores, which means they eat plants, meat, and fruits. They don’t eat hard
abrasive foods like nuts and tubers.

* Australopithecus afarensis

- One of the longest-lived early human species. They are alike to modern humans because they are
bipedal which means that they walked on two legs.

- They used simple tools that may have included sticks and other non-durable plant materials.

- Africanus mostly eat plants, including leaves, fruits, roots, nuts, and different kinds of insects.

* Homo habilis

- This species is also known as “handy man” because stone tools.

- Has a slightly larger braincase and smaller face and teeth than Australopithecus. But they still have
some ape-like features including long arms and a moderately prognathic face.

- They could eat broad range of food including leaves, woody plants, and some animal tissues.

* Homo heidelbergensis

- The kind of tools this species made were mostly used for hunting and butchery. The kind of tools
they used are scrapers, hammers, and sophisticated wooden throwing spears.

- They hunt large animals for food.

* Homo Sapiens

- the term homo sapiens means “wise man.”

- Homo sapiens have short, slender trunks, and long limbs.

- All Homo sapiens were once hunter-gatherers living on wild plants and animals.