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The human evolution chart, shown below, provides basic information about each of the various known hominids. All the major players of human evolution are listed, together with the approximate dates when they existed and the locations where their fossils have been found. Together, their remains represent the physical evidence for evolution of humans, human ancestors, and their relations (click here to read a history of how the idea originally arose that humans evolved from apes). When available, small pictures of the various hominid skulls are shown (to see a larger view of a skull, click on it). The chart is broken into two separate sub-charts, one for the more ancient hominids, the other for the more recent ones. Click on the gray tabs (just below at left) to change between the two charts.

To find out more about a given hominid, click on its name in the chart:

 Chart I     Chart II  

SCIENTIFIC NAME AGE (mya)LOCALITY  CRANIUM
Sahelanthropus tchadensis ~7.0               ChadSahelanthropus tchadensis
Orrorin tugenensis ~6.0Western KenyaNo skull known
Ardipithecus kadabba ~5.8 - 5.2Afar Depression, Ethiopia      No skull known
Ardipithecus ramidus ~4.4Afar Depression, EthiopiaSahelanthropus tchadensis
Australopithecus anamensis ~4.2 - 3.9KenyaNo image available
Australopithecus afarensis ~4.0 - 2.7Afar Depression, Ethiopiaaustralopithecus afarensis
Australopithecus bahrelghazali    ~3.6ChadNo skull known
Kenyanthropus platyops ~3.5 - 3.2Northwestern Kenyakenyanthropus platyops
Australopithecus africanus ~3.0 - 2.0South Africaaustralopithecus africanus skull
Paranthropus aethiopicus ~2.7 - 2.4Omo River, s. Ethiopia
Kenya, w. of Lake Turkana
paranthropus aethiopicus skull
Paranthropus boisei ~2.6 - 1.1Tanzaniaparanthropus boisei
Australopithecus garhi ~2.5Afar Depression, EthiopiaNo intact skull known
Homo habilis ~2.5 - 1.44  Africahomo habilis skull
Paranthropus robustus ~2.3 - 1.2South Africaparanthropus robustus skull


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