Homo Neanderthals

 In our biology, we are going to discuss and determine what hominins the characters are from the movie called "The Croods" which is a prehistoric Pliocene era. 

According to the movie, I believe that they're Homo neanderthals. Their face is not vertical as humans,  they don't have prognathism, they have a rounded shape chin, have larger jaw and molar teeth than humans. I noticed that their body structure is similar to humans and they are also more muscular than modern humans. As we can see in the movie, they are able to walk upright due to their foramen magnum and have an S-shaped spine like modern humans. 

Furthermore, we can see that they have the capability to hunt animals. This suggests that they have the intelligence to be able to plan hunts and have some communication. They have also been developed to control fire, for warmth, cooking and protection from predators. Lastly, they wore clothes that are made from animal fur, showing evidence that they are homo neanderthals. 

The mysterious Homo Species (Homo Naledi)

 

Homo Naledi

Last updated by: January 22, 2021

https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/homo-naledi

This article talks about the information of Homo Naledi such as when they discovered it, how the homo survived thousands of years ago and their characteristics.

Homo Naledi was first discovered in the DInadeli Chamber of the Rising Star Cave in South Africa. They have found that there are over 1550 specimens of 15 homo individuals from this site. This Homo lived between 335,000 and 256,000 years ago. Homo Naledi has a mixture of characteristics of modern humans and apes (Australopithecus). They have modern human characteristics such as the hands, feet and the size of their brain and they have apes characteristics such as the pelvis and shoulder. Homo Naledi's height is approximately 4ft 9 (1.44m) and their weight estimates range from 88-123lbs (39.7-55.8kg). That time, it may be that Homo Naledi lived in a different environment from where the other homo species lived in because their teeth provide clues about their diet and environment and it shows that their teeth in fact are different from the other Homo species that lived around the same time.