Monday, August 10, 2009

Prehistoric Evolution

Most of the life forms and different types of animals devloped much before the humans and some of them even became extinct before the humans came into being.Evoulution of human beings began around 7,000,000 B.C and continued till 1,50,000 B.C when the first species of humans called Homo Erectus involved.It is believed that this evolution took probably on Africa.The first form of humans were called Homo Habilis.These creatures built and lived in shelters and made tools out of stone.The first true persons to live on the earth were the the Neanderthals,they were of the same speices as the modern man but were smaller in heights.These people lived between 1,20,000 to 35,000 years ago.It was probably from Africa that the humans to the other parts of the world.The Neanderthals were more like humans as they wore rough clothes and made tools and weapons and knew use of fire.The first modern people evolved probably around 50,000 B.C and were called Homo Sapiens. It was from this stage that the real devlopment began.This period was followed by the New Stone Age.Various civilisations followed by this.

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