Human Evolution Chart

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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

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EARLY HOMINIDS

SCIENTIFIC NAME AGE (MYA) LOCALITY
PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS 2.3-1.2 SOUTH AFRICA
HOMO HABILLIS 2.5-1.44 AFRICA
AUSTRALOPITHECUS GARHI 2.5 AFAR DEPRESSION
PARANTHROPUS BOISEI 2.6-1.1 TANZANIA
PARANTHROPUS AETHIOPICUS 2.7-2.4 ETHIOPIA, KENYA
AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS 3.0-2.0 SOUTH AFRICA
KENYANTHROPUS PLATYOPS 3.5-3.2 KENYA
AUSTRALOPITHECUS BAHRELGHAZALI 3.6 CHAD
AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS 4.0-2.7 AFAR DEPRESSION
AUSTRALOPITHECUS ANAMENSIS 4.2-3.9 KENYA
ARDIPITHECUS RAMIDUS 4.4 AFAR DEPRESSION
ARDIPITHECUS KADABBA 5.8-5.2 AFAR DEPRESSION
ORRORIN TUGENENSIS 6.0 WESTERN KENYA
SAHELANTHROPUS TCHADENSIS 7.0 CHAD

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