What species are the Croods?

• The Croods are both knuckle-walkers and bipedal.
• They have the ability to speak and comprehend language. They can communicate like humans.
• They wear clothing such as fur.
• They can utilise fire.
• They have big teeth, robust bones and muscles.
• Because of their big teeth, it indicates that they eat tough foods.
• They domesticated animals.

Because of these points, I can infer that they are related to/ are Homo neanderthalensis.

Guy seems slightly more advanced than the Croods which I think makes him related to/ is a Homo sapien.

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In my L3Bio class, we have been learning about the trends in stone tools and how they changed over time through different hominin species. 

What does it mean to be a human? Homo naledi

Recently in Level 3 bio class, we have been leaming about the hominin evolution. Here is one of the homo species we have been learning about.

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

In this article, it talks about the discovery of a new homo genus species, Homo naledi during an expedition in South Africa in 2013. More recent discoveries have also allowed us to date the fossils to be between 335,000 and 236,000 years ago. This article also talks about how they survived in their environment; using their teeth as clues due to the lack of other animals or tools associated with Homo naledi. Further into the article, it highlights some of the unanswered questions about Homo naledi. Some of these questions are how is Homo naledi related to other Homo species? and What was their diet?