about one million years after Lucy and it is interesting to see the difference in theirskeletal structure. He is tall and his neck is very close to the body, his skeleton reveals a more complexbeing , whereas Lucy had a little frame and looks more animal-like.The next exhibit showed the skulls and tools of Paranthropus robustus (“near man”). This earlyman lived in wooded to open environments, had a vegetarian diet, simple vocal communication, and had amassive jaw and teeth build. Moving these massive jaws also required huge muscles supported by strongbony crests atop the skull. These characteristics were directly related to their diet and means of food. Living in a dry open country, these human relatives relied on the tough abrasive plan foods offered by thesavanna environment.As the environment changes from one that is wooded and forested, to one that is more open, similarto country environment, it lays down the basis for all human evolution. With the open environment, thesecreatures no longer climbed trees, but began walking, much in the fashion that we do today, over vast areasof land. They moved from one placee to the other in search of whatever they could dig up from theground. However, it was supplemented by scavenged meat from carcasses, as well as small animals.We can notice that the physical appearance of these early human relatives is somewhat distinctfrom our own appearance. Their bodies were significantly darker and almost fully covered with hair. These characteristics are ones which were a simple result of the environment of the time. These humanancestors had no means by which they could cloth themselves, therefore, they appear to have dark skinbecause of the extreme exposure to the sun that they faced. The fact that they spent all of their livesexposed to the sun and other environmental factors also serves as the reasoning for their heavy body hair. Their body hair served the same purpose as our clot...
