Hominid: A primate of a family (Hominidae) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors.
Graecopithecus freybergi ● 7.2 million years ago ● Found in Greece ●Tooth roots similar to human tooth roots
Sehlanthropus Tchadensis ● 7 million years ago ● Brain size: 350 cc ● foramen magnum slightly more forward than a chimpanzee's
Sehlanthropus Tchadensis
Orrorin Tugenensis ● Smaller Canine Teeth ● No skull found yet ● 6 million years ago ● Smaller Canine Teeth ● No skull found yet ● Leg bones indicate it was bipedal
was bipedal Ardipithecus Kadabba ● 5.6 million years ago ● Leg bones indicate it was bipedal ● Canine teeth smaller
Ardipithecus Ramidus ● 4.4 million years ago ● Brain size 350 cc
directly below the skull ● Walked bipedally but hunched over ● Pelvis more like a human's than a chimpanzee's ● Hands more like a human's ● Foramen magnum almost directly below the skull
Australopithecus Anamensis ● 4.1 million years ago ● Smaller canine teeth
Australopithecus Bahrelghazali ● 3.5 million years ago ● reduced prognathism
Australopithecus Deyiremeda ● 3.3 million years ago
below the skull Australopithecus Afarensis (“Lucy”) ● 3.2 million years ago ● Brain size 438 cc ● Fully Human-like teeth ● Foreman magnum directly below the skull ● almost fully Human-like pelvis ● Walked bipedally upright ● Human-like hands
Australopithecus Afarensis (“Lucy”)
away (the shin was probably from a separate individual) Australopithecus Afarensis ● Shin bone found first, rest of the body 1 mile away (the shin was probably from a separate individual) ● Eight more individuals found since then, including an adult male and two children
Afarensis Male Afarensis Female
Australopithecus Afarensis Child
Lucy Kenyanthropus Platyops ● 3.2 million years ago ● Same brain size as Lucy
Kenyanthropus Platyops
Australopithecus Africanus ● 2.5 million years ago ● Brain size: 452 cc ● Human-like Pelvis
Australopithecus Africanus
Australopithecus Africanus
Australopithecus Garhi ● 2.5 million years ago ● Brain size 450 cc
Homo Naledi ● 2 - 2.5 million years ago ● Brain size 560 cc
Homo Naledi
Homo Naledi ● Buried their dead