1. Hominid: A primate of a family (Hominidae) that includes humans
and their fossil ancestors.

5. Graecopithecus freybergi
● 7.2 million years ago
● Found in Greece
●Tooth roots similar to human tooth roots

6. Sehlanthropus Tchadensis
● 7 million years ago
● Brain size: 350 cc
● foramen magnum
slightly more forward
than a chimpanzee's

7. Sehlanthropus Tchadensis

8. 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

9. was bipedal Ardipithecus Kadabba ● 5.6 million years ago
● Leg bones indicate it
was bipedal
● Canine teeth smaller

10. Ardipithecus Ramidus
● 4.4 million years ago
● Brain size 350 cc

11. 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

13. Australopithecus Anamensis
● 4.1 million years ago
● Smaller canine teeth

14. Australopithecus Bahrelghazali
● 3.5 million years ago
● reduced prognathism

15. Australopithecus Deyiremeda
● 3.3 million years ago

16. 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

17. Australopithecus Afarensis (“Lucy”)

18. 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

19. Afarensis Male
Afarensis Female

20. Australopithecus Afarensis Child

22. Lucy Kenyanthropus Platyops ● 3.2 million years ago
● Same brain size as
Lucy

23. Kenyanthropus Platyops

24. Australopithecus Africanus
● 2.5 million years ago
● Brain size: 452 cc
● Human-like Pelvis

25. Australopithecus Africanus

26. Australopithecus Africanus

27. Australopithecus Garhi
● 2.5 million years ago
● Brain size 450 cc

28. Homo Naledi
● million years ago
● Brain size 560 cc

29. Homo Naledi

30. Homo Naledi
● Buried their dead