Are you aware of these hominid discoveries..?
mya = millions of yrs ago
Sahelanthropus tchadensis [ 7-6 mya, oldest known hominid]
Orrorin tugenensis [6 mya, some bipedality]
Ardipithecus ramidus [5.8-4.4 mya, some bipedality]
Australopithecus anamensis [4.2-3.9 mya, bipedal, primitive skull/advanced body features]
Australopithecus afarensis [3.9-3 mya, bipedal, human characteristics]
Kenyanthropus platyops [3.5 mya]
Australopithecus africanus [3-2 mya, bipedal, human characteristics]
Australopithecus garhi
Australopithecus aethiopicus [2.6-2.3 mya]
Australopithecus robustus [2.5-1.5 mya, digging tools]
Australopithecus boisei [2.1-1.1 mya, unlikely ancestor]
Homo habilis [2.4-1.5 mya, human shaped brain, Broca's area implies rudimentary speach]
Homo georgicus [1.8 mya]
2007-06-12
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Homo erectus [1.8 mya-300,000 yrs ago, used fire and sophisticated stone tools, maybe better at walking than modern humans]
Homo ergaster
Homo antecessor [oldest European hominid at 780,000 yrs ago]
Homo heidelbergensis [500,000-200,000yrs ago]
Homo neanderthalensis [230,000-30,000 yrs ago, oldest 'known' burial 100,000 yrs ago]
Homo floresiensis
Homo sapiens sapiens [modern forms first appear 195,000 yrs ago]
2007-06-12
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