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Human Evolution Chart

Human evolution is the evolutionary process that led to the emergence of anatomically modern humans, beginning with the evolutionary history of primates- in particular genus Homo- and leading to the emergence of Homo Sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid family, the Great Apes.


RECENT HOMINIDS

 SCIENTIFIC NAME AGE (MYA) LOCALITY
 HOMO SAPIENS 0.2-PRESENT WORLDWIDE
 HOMO FLORESIENSIS 0.09-0.013 FLORES, INDONESIA
 HOMO RHODESIENSIS 0.3-0.12 ZAMBIA
 HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS 0.25-0.030 EUROPE, WEST ASIA
 HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS 0.6-0.35 EUROPE
 HOMO CEPRANENSIS 0.9-0.8 ITALY
 HOMO ANTECESSOR 1.2-0.8 SPAIN
 HOMO ERGASTER 1.9-1.4 AFRICA
 HOMO GEORGIUS 1.8 REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA
 AUSTRALOPITHECUS SEDIBA 1.98 SOUTH AFRICA
 HOMO RUDOLFENSIS 2.5-1.6 KENYA
 HOMO ERECTUS 2.0-0.4 AFRICA, JAVA, CHINA, CAUCASUS


                                       Picture Credit: Britannica.com

EARLY HOMINIDS

 SCIENTIFIC NAME AGE (MYA) LOCALITY
 PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS 2.3-1.2 SOUTH AFRICA
 HOMO HABILLIS2.5-1.44 AFRICA 
 AUSTRALOPITHECUS GARHI2.5 AFAR DEPRESSION 
 PARANTHROPUS BOISEI2.6-1.1 TANZANIA 
 PARANTHROPUS AETHIOPICUS2.7-2.4 ETHIOPIA, KENYA 
 AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS3.0-2.0 SOUTH AFRICA 
 KENYANTHROPUS PLATYOPS3.5-3.2 KENYA 
 AUSTRALOPITHECUS BAHRELGHAZALI3.6 CHAD 
 AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS4.0-2.7 AFAR DEPRESSION 
 AUSTRALOPITHECUS ANAMENSIS4.2-3.9 KENYA 
 ARDIPITHECUS RAMIDUS4.4 AFAR DEPRESSION 
 ARDIPITHECUS KADABBA5.8-5.2 AFAR DEPRESSION 
 ORRORIN TUGENENSIS6.0 WESTERN KENYA 
 SAHELANTHROPUS TCHADENSIS7.0 CHAD 




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