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