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Sahelanthropus tchadenis
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Central Africa (Chad) 6-7my. Argued to be hominid b/c of reduced canine size
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Orrorin tugenensis
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East Africa ~6my. Argued to be hominid b/c of small canines & proximal femur featurse
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Ardipithecus ramidus
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East Africa 4.3-5.5 my. Mix of hominid and ape features, including limbs and teeth; some bipedalism, opposable big toe
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Austalopithecus anamensis
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East Africa 3.9-4.2 my. Mix of hominid and ape features, large canines, possibly bipedal
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Australopithecus afarensis
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East Africa 2.6-4.0 my. Bipeds, somewhat human teeth, climbing behavior, Lucy
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Australopithecus africanus
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South Africa 2.4-3.2 my. Bipedal, cranial capacity of 450ml, human-like teeth, Taung child by R. Dart
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Australopithecus garhi
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East Africa 2.5 my. U-shaped dental arcade, teeth like A. afarensis, humeral/femoral ration is human-like, humerus/radius ratio is ape-like
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Paranthropus robustus
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South Africa 1.4-2 my. Similar to A. africanus but larger, more ROBUST and rugged cranial and dental morphology. usually sagittal crest, bipedal hominids
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Paranthropus boisei
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East Africa 1.2-2.2 my. Extremely similar to P. robustus, larger cheek teeth, "Zinj" by M. Leakey
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Paranthropus aethiopicus
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East Africa 2.2-2.8 my. Similar to P. boisei and P. robustus but MORE PRIMITIVE, elongated and unflexed cranial base, shallow glenoid fossa, strongly flared parietal mastoid angle
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Homo habilis
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East and probably South Africa 1.4-2.2 my. Similar to A. africanus but smaller cheek teeth, larger brain, less prognathic face
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Homo erectus
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Africa, Europe, Asia and Java 400,000-1,800,000 bp. First hominid to live outside of Africa. First to: use fire, hunt big game, possibly build huts. Large brain, similar skeleton to humans
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early Archaic Homo sapiens
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Africa, Europe, Asia and Java 175,000-400,000 bp. Different teeth than H. erectus. Associated w/ tools of the Acheulean industry and tools made by the Levallois technique
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Homo sapiens neanderthalenis
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Europe, west Asia, and north Africa 40,000-175,000 bp. Very large brains, large browridges, projecting faces. Spiritual beliefs, variation of tools, European and Middle Eastern tools=Mousterian industry
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Homo sapiens sapiens
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~last 160,000 years. Me :)
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