
Australopithecus
africanus
the first hominid to show distinct evidence
of an upright posture
Homo habilis
the first hominid to be associated with
manufactured tools

Oreopithecus
bambolii
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"Heidelberg
Man"
"Peking Man"
the popular name for a pre-humanoid species that
lived in what is now China between 500,000 and
300,000 years ago

Piltdown Man
the ancestor who never was
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