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Match the descriptions below with the correct species of human ancestor or relative.

Referred to as "upright human"; believed to have used tools, hunted, built fires, lived in caves:

Nicknamed "Lucy"; believed to have existed before A. africanus:

Sister species, rather than an ancestor, to H. sapiens:

Modern humans:

Discovered in 1924; named "southern ape from Africa":

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- "Upright human"; used tools, hunted, built fires, lived in caves: Homo erectus
- Nicknamed "Lucy"; existed before A. africanus: Australopithecus afarensis
- Sister species, rather than an ancestor, to H. sapiens: Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthals)
- Modern humans: Homo sapiens
- Discovered in 1924; named "southern ape from Africa": Australopithecus africanus