Human Evolution Crossword

it was hot then cold, leading to over 100 species of apes 23 million years old
having long, narrow trunks, tails & bilophodont teeth were the norm, until 25 mya when hominids split from ___ & began to transform
my Y-5 molars gave me the nickname 'dental ape' I show a mix of anthropoid & hominoid traits
the earliest cercopithecoid lived 19 mya & moved into places hominids couldn't go.
8-12 mya the cranium of this Eurasian hominid reflects the modern Pongo
hominids were dealt a separate fate from their common ancestors who lacked this trait
I am the earliest possible Hominin found in Chad, with small molars, a flatter face & a forward foreman magnum, making my discovery pretty rad
this species shows derived traits & progression making it the first 'true' Hominin without question
I am an Aus. Afarensis, with derived valgus knee & lumbar lordosis; my legs are short, my fingers long, my scientists gave me this 4 letter name after a Beatles song
these scientists are no fools, they knew I was different from Australopithecines & I may have been the 1st to use stone tools
I'm an Australopithecine, I lived 2.5 mya & when they discovered my Oldowan Tool Industry it was dynamo
I'm an Australopithecus, also known as Taung Child, hunt or be hunted is the motto & it was by the Eagle's claw I was exiled.
We are the 3rd Hominin species to emerge & w/ the help of our flaring zygomatic bone & sagital crest, a variety of foods were easy to chew & digest
Megadont teeth played a massive role in naming this robust hominin The Black Skull.
I come from Flores, Indonesia, stand 3 ft 6 inches tall, that's where scientists got my nickname cause I'm the smallest Homo of them all.
We were the 1st to control fire, hunt w/ spears, build structures & burials, which makes our species of Homo pretty cool; but nothing advanced us more than the upgrade we gave to stone tools.
They used mousterian tools & cared for elderly just like humans do, but unlike other Homo species, their DNA may still be present in me & you.