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Homo sapiens
Dates: 150,000 to present
Sites: Cro-Magnon, France
Bordercave South Africa
Funfact: Defined chin |
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Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
Dates: 150,000 to 27,000 bp
Sites: La Chapelle, France
Spy, Belgium
Neandervalley, Germany
Fun Fact: Brain size was larger (1520 cc) than the modern Homo sapien (1200 cc) |
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| Early archaic Homo sapiens |
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Early archaic Homo sapiens
dates: 600,000 to 130,000
sites: Swanscomb, England
Tetralona, Greece
Fun fact: Compared to Homo erectus, had smaller supraorbital tori, higher cranial vault, and less prognathic face |
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Homo erectus
Dates: 1.8 mya to 100,000
Sites: Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Fun fact: Arm and leg proportions within modern human range of variation |
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Homo ergaster
Dates: 1.8 MYA - 1.2 MYA
Site: Koobi Fora, Kenya
Fun fact: They are early Homo erectus
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Homo rudolfensis
Dates: 2.4 - 1.6 MYA
Sites: Koobi Fora, Kenya
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Fun fact: There's debate whether or not Homo rudolfensis and Homo habilis are in the same species |
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Homo habilis
Dates: 2.4 - 1.6 MYA
Sites: Kobbi Forge, Kenya
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Fun fact: Nicknamed "Handy Man"; was the first hominid credited with tool useage |
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| Australopithecus aethiopicus |
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Australopithecus aethiopicus
Date: 2.7 to 2.5 MYA
Site: West Turkana, Kenya
Fun Fact: Black skull |
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Australopithecus boisei
date: 2.3 - 1.2 MYA
Site: Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Fun fact: "Dished" Face, sagittal cresting with small, low forehead |
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| Australopithecus robustus |
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Australopithecus robustus
Date: 2.0-1.5 MYA
Sites: Swartkans, South Africa
Fun fact: Dish shaped skull; flat and wide |
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Kenyanthropus platyops
Dates: 3.5 MYA
Site: Lomekwi, Kenya
Fun fact: Name means "Flat faced man from Kenya" |
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| Australopithecus africanus |
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Australopithecus africanus
Dates: 3.5 - 2.0 MYA
Sites: Taung, South Africa
Fun fact: No canine diastema |
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| Australopithecus afarensis |
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Australopithecus afarensis
Dates: 3.9 - 2.9 MYA
Sites: Harad, Ethiopia
Fun fact: Arboreal climbing, with "hook like" curved fingers |
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| Australopithecus anamensis |
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Australopithecus anamensis
date: 4.2 - 3.9 MYA
Kanapoi Bay, Kenya
Fun fact: Dated from volcanic tuff |
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Ardipithecus ramidus
Date: 4.4 MYA
Site: Aramis, Ethiopia
Fun fact: Fully bipedal, but did not have an inlined hallux |
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