Walking with Cavemen Movie

     As part of the evolution unit I am doing at home, I watched a video called Walking With Cavemen. This video tracks human evolution from  Australopithecus afarensis, an early upright primate, all the way through four of five species of hominids, to the current model (us) Homo sapiens sapiens. This movie said that Australopithecus afarensis, evolved into (as well as a few other not-so-successful hominids) Homo habilis, who was an omnivore with the ability to use basic tools. In turn, Homo habilis evolved into Homo ergaster, who mastered basic hunting and begun to have longer relationships. Some of the H. ergaster  moved into Asia and became Homo erectus, who were hunter-gatherers. Next, the movie showed Homo heidelbergensis, who were smarter, but according to the movie did not have much of an imagination for abstract ideas. H. heidelbergensis then became Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, or Neanderthals, as well as early Homo sapiens sapiens. Finally, the movie showed that the Neanderthals went extinct, leaving us on the planet as the solitary species of humans. Sorry I haven't posted in a while, thanks for reading!