HOMINID EVOLUTION
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HOMINID EVOLUTION Australopithecus afarensis (aka Lucy) – 1974 Ethiopia 3.2 mya
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HOMINID EVOLUTION. Australopithecus afarensis (aka Lucy) – 1974 Ethiopia. 3.2 mya. Australopithecus africanus – Taung child & Mrs. Ples. 1924 – Taung, R.S.A.1947 – Sterkfontein 2.8 – 2.6 mya. Paranthropus boisei – Nutcracker man. 1959 – Olduvai Gorge Tanzania 2.2 – 1.2 mya. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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HOMINID EVOLUTION
Australopithecus afarensis (aka Lucy) – 1974 Ethiopia
3.2 mya
Australopithecus africanus – Taung child & Mrs. Ples
1924 – Taung, R.S.A. 1947 – Sterkfontein
2.8 – 2.6 mya
Paranthropus boisei – Nutcracker man
1959 – Olduvai Gorge Tanzania
2.2 – 1.2 mya
Paranthropus robustus – ‘strong almost man’
1938 Krondraai, R.S.A.1.2mya
Homo habilis – ‘Handy Man’
1968 – Olduvai Gorge Tanzania
2.5mya
Homo erectus – ‘Walking upright man’ (Java man)
1891 – Java Indonesia1.8 – 1.3mya
Homo heidelbergensis
1907 – Mauer, Germany600 000 – 400 000ya
Homo neanderthalensis
(1829) 1856 – all across Europe, from Belgium, into Germany, Gibraltar, Palestine
600 000 – 30 000ya
Homo sapiens – ‘Wise man’
250 000ya – present day