Human Evolution 1 - Archaic and Modern Humans

Sahelanthropus Tchadensis

7 mya - Last common ancestor of chimpanzees and the human lineage

Orrorin Tugenensis

6 mya - Bipedal hominin due to location of the foramen magnum

Ardipithecus Ramidus

4.4 mya - Bipedal hominin due to location of the foramen magnum

Australopithecus

3.5 mya - Bipedal herbivores, common ancestor of Homo and Paranthropines

Paranthropines

2.3 mya - Bipedal herbivores, robust skulls

Homo Habilis

2.4 mya- Bipedal scavengers and hunter-gatherers, utilised Oldowan tools

Homo Ergaster

2 mya - Bipedal hunter-gatherers, Utilised Acheulean tools and fire, Stayed in African and evolved

Homo Erectus

2 mya - Bipedal hunter-gatherers, Utilised Acheulean tools and fire, Dispersed from Africa to Asia, Australia and Europe

Homo Heidelbergensis

600kya - Bipedal hunter-gatherers, Utilised Mousterian tools, Dispersed from Africa to Europe and Asia and evolved

Homo Neanderthalensis

400kya - Bipedal cooperative hunter- gatherers, Utilised Mousterian tools, Evolved in Europe

Denisovans

400kya - Bipedal cooperative hunter- gatherer, Utilised Mousterian tools, Evolved in Asia and the Pacific 200kya - Bipedal domesticators

Homo Sapiens

200kya - Bipedal domesticators and farmers, Utilised Upper Paleolithic tools, Evolved in Africa and dispersed from Africa to Pacific, Asia, Australia, Europe and Americas, out-competing all other Hominins