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Million Years Ago 3.2 and 2 Million Years Ago 2.3 and 1.5 Million Years Ago 1.5 and 1.9 Million Years Ago

1. Various hominin species inhabited Earth from 3.9 million to 200,000 years ago, with their teeth changing over time. 2. Early species like Australopithecus had long, pointed canine teeth but their teeth became smaller and their jaws shortened over time. 3. Later species such as Homo erectus and Homo sapiens had smaller, blunt teeth arranged in a rounded pattern similar to modern humans, indicating their diets had shifted from including meat to mainly plants.

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Million Years Ago 3.2 and 2 Million Years Ago 2.3 and 1.5 Million Years Ago 1.5 and 1.9 Million Years Ago

1. Various hominin species inhabited Earth from 3.9 million to 200,000 years ago, with their teeth changing over time. 2. Early species like Australopithecus had long, pointed canine teeth but their teeth became smaller and their jaws shortened over time. 3. Later species such as Homo erectus and Homo sapiens had smaller, blunt teeth arranged in a rounded pattern similar to modern humans, indicating their diets had shifted from including meat to mainly plants.

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3.9 and 2.8 million 3.2 and 2 million 2.3 and 1.5 million 1.5 and 1.

and 1.9 million 1.9 million years 700,000 to 200,000 (250,000 to 30,000 200,000 years ago
years ago years ago years ago years ago ago years ago years ago to present

Australopithecus Homo Sapiens


Africanus Homo Habilis
Homo Ergaster Teeth ae
Australopithecus Their teeth had Homo
Their canine Afarensis Homo relatively
become Their canine teeth Erectus
teeth were Homo Neanderthalensis small,
Their canine smaller, were were modern in
pointed and Due to Heidelbergensis shortened jaw
and incisor arranged in a form, being short Their chewing
were longer progressive has affected
teeth had more rounded and blunt like Teeth were teeth (premolars
than the other change in the
become arc, and more those of modern arranged in the and molars) were
teeth. The diet, homo arrangement
shorter and human-like, humans. Their jaw so that they small like those of
position of the erectus of the teeth
smaller. While although the premolar and formed a early modern
sagittal crest incisors were within the jaw.
their premolar incisors were molar teeth had parabolic shape, humans, while
toward the shovel- They are now
teeth and still relatively become smaller and teeth were their incisor
back of the shaped & arranged in a
molar teeth large. Chemical and more human- smaller than and canine teeth,
skull indicates generally parabolic
were all quite analysis like than those of those of earlier remained large
that the front smaller. shape in which
large. Analysis suggests that earlier species. species but indicating
teeth the side rows
of tooth wear this species was Tough vegetables were larger than continued use of
processed of teeth splay
patterns mainly may have been those of modern the teeth as a vise
most of the outwards
suggests that it vegetarian but processed using humans or third hand.
food. Analysis rather than
had a diet that did include their improved
of their teeth remain parallel
included fruit some meat in technology
indicates a diet as in our
that consisted and leaves. their diet. earliest long
mainly of jawed
plants. ancestors.

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