I had just found a thick, juicy lizard under a rock when I heard a loud rustling nearby. I quickly climbed the nearest tree and sat on a high branch to observe the intruder. It looked like my species, Australopithecus afarensis, but it was far too big to be one of us. After examining it some more as it tried to harvest fruit from a high branch, clearly unable to climb as efficiently as us, I realized it was Homo sapiens. Although Homo sapiens and Australopithecus afarensis have obvious similarities, for example bipedalism, I argue that we are different because our diet, skull and brain size, skeletal characteristics and height, when compared, are in conflict. They have always interested us, Australopithecus afarensis, so we often studied them to get a clear idea of ​​how we diverged from each other. Homo sapiens consumed many of the same foods as us, but their diets extended to a plethora of other resources. Like us, we have seen them eating nuts, seeds, and soft, high-sugar fruits, but they are also known to eat meat in addition to lizards and fish. Because we have thick tooth enamel, this shows that we only eat a mix of forest and savannah resources. Our occlusal slope is lower than that of Homo sapiens, which proves that we consume hard and brittle objects as fallback foods (Ungar 2004). We tend to have large front teeth and large, flat molars without high ridges for crushing fruits and seeds, while Homo sapiens has smaller teeth for also slicing meat and small molars. The dentition of Homo sapiens and Australopithecus afarensis contrasted in many ways because of the composition of our diets, but it was also linked to our brains. Our teeth adapted to the food that we could harvest and that we could only acquire by using techniques that our brains came to us... ... middle of paper ......they have some similarities, our differences make each of us unique. From its advanced form of communication, to its wide feeding range, to its extreme size compared to us, Homo sapiens have really made a name for themselves. Australopithecus afarensis has also come a long way from being bipedal but continues to live arboreally. We were able to learn a lot from observing and recording this species and hopefully evolve from what we learned about Homo sapiens. Works Cited Edey, Maitland and Donald Johanson 1981 Lucy The Beginnings of Humankind. New York: a reference book. Larsen, Clark Spencer 2013 Essentials of Physical Anthropology. New York: WW Norton & Company Inc. Ungar, Peter2004 Dental topography and diets of Australopithecus afarensis and early Homo. Thematic issue, Journal of Human Evolution 46(5): 605-622.