1.
a) Etheopia
b) Hadar
c) A hominid is an ape-like creature, very much like humans that lived millions of years ago.
d) Knee-joint
e) Teeth of a horse and jaw of a monkey
f) Lucy, The Beetles
g) 3 million
h) Afar people
i) They could climb trees and escape their predators
2. a) Animal bones have cut marks.
b) Examine the cut marks for their relationship to carnivore tooth marks.
c) Baringo
d) Mud, sand
3.
Geologist
Paleoecologist
Paleoanthropologist
4. Homo erectus
9-10 years old
Male
They were probably eaten by large carnivores or predators
5. True
False
True
6. Three hominids walked across ash and their foot-prints were preserved.
Mud, rain and ash
Paleoenvironments
Up-right
7. Palynology
3 million years ago
8.
1. Make sure that you have all the necesarry tools.
2. Mark your site with a grid.
3. Carefully remove the fossils from the ground.
4. Handle the fossil carefully and place in a safe place and record all necessary information.