Final-Hominids: taxa/sites/dates
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Sahelanthropus tchadensis (1) | Pre-Australopithecine, not a hominid; 6-7mya; Central Africa |
| Orrorin tugenesis (2) | Oldest known hominid; 6mya; Central Africa |
| Ardipithecus ramidus (3) | Australopithecus 4.4-5.5mya; East Africa |
| Australopithecus anamensis (4) | 4mya; East Africa |
| Australopithecus afarensis (5) | "Lucy"; 3-4mya; east Africa |
| Australopithecus africanus (6) | "Taung Child"; 2-2.7mya; Southern Africa |
| Australopithecus garhi (7) | 2.5mya; East Africa |
| Australopithecus sidiba (8) | 2mya; Southern Africa |
| Paranthropus aethiopicus (9) | "Black Skull", Australopithecus; 2.5mya; East Africa |
| Paranthropus boisei (10) | Australopithecus; 1-2mya; East Africa |
| Paranthropus robustus (11) | Australopithecus; 1-2mya; Southern Africa |
| Homo habilis (1) | "Handy Man", "H. rudolphensis; 2.3-1.4mya; East Africa |
| Homo erectus "African" (2) | H. ergaster, 1.8-400k; East/Southern Africa |
| Homo erectus "Asian" (2) | "Peking Man", "Java Man"; 1mya-50k; East/Southern Asia |
| Homo heidelbergensis (3) | Early Archaic Homo sapiens; 780k-100k; Africa/Europe |
| Homo neanderthalensis (4) | "Late" Archaic Homo sapiens; 200k-30k; Europe/Central Asia/Near East |
| Homo sapiens (5) | Anatomically mondern Homo sapiens, "Cro-Magnon" 200k-present |
| Homo floresiencis (6) | "Hobbit"; 18k-?; Indonesia-Flores Island; status as a species debated |
| Central Africa (Australopithecines) | Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Orrorin tugenesis |
| East Africa (Australopithecines) | ramidus, anamensis, afarensis, garhi, aethiopicus, boisei |
| Southern Africa (Australopithecines) | africanus, sidiba, robustus |
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