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Eocene

Miocene. Eocene. Sahelanthropus tschadensis Chad ca. 6-7 Ma. Ardipithecus ramidus Aramis, Ethiopia 4.4 Ma. Australopithecus anamensis Kanapoi, Turkana Basin, Kenya ca. 4.1 Ma. Australopithecus afarensis (“Lucy”) Hadar, Ethiopia ca. 3.2 Ma. Australopithecus africanus South Africa

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Eocene

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  1. Miocene Eocene

  2. Sahelanthropus tschadensis Chad ca. 6-7 Ma

  3. Ardipithecus ramidus Aramis, Ethiopia 4.4 Ma

  4. Australopithecus anamensis Kanapoi, Turkana Basin, Kenya ca. 4.1 Ma

  5. Australopithecus afarensis (“Lucy”) Hadar, Ethiopia ca. 3.2 Ma

  6. Australopithecus africanus South Africa 2-3 Ma

  7. Australopithecus boisei Olduvai, Tanzania ca. 1.8 Ma

  8. Australopithecus robustus (SK48), South Africa ca. 1.5 Ma

  9. Australopitheucs africanus (left) and robustus (right)

  10. Homo habilis (OH 24)Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania ca. 1.85 Ma

  11. KN-MER 1470: originally Homo habilis, now Homo rudolfensis, maybe Kenyanthropus ? Koobi Fora, Kenya, ca. 1.9 Ma

  12. Kenyanthropus platyops Lomekwi, Kenya ca. 3.5 Ma

  13. Newly discovered skull of Kenyanthropus platyops (left) flanks a skull of Homo rudolfensis, which may be reassigned to the genus Kenyanthropus.

  14. Australopithecus garhi Bouri, Ethiopia ca. 2.5 Ma

  15. Paranthropus/Australopithcus aethiopicus West Turkana, Kenya ca. 2.5 Ma

  16. Homo ergaster KNM ER 3733 Koobi Fora, Kenya ca. 1.7 Ma

  17. KNM-WT 15000, "Turkana Boy", Homo erectus (or Homo ergaster)

  18. Hominid footprints, Laetoli, Tanzania ca. 3.59-3.75 Ma

  19. Homo erectus, ca. 500,000 ybp

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