Biological Anthropology- Hominid Fossils Location and Date

Sahelanthropus tchadensis

West Africa, 7 mya

Orrorin tugenesis

East Africa, 6 mya

Ardipithecus ramidus

East Africa, 6 to 4.4 mya

Australopithecus anamensis

East Africa, 4 mya

Au. afarensis (“Lucy”)

East Africa, 3.6 to 3 mya

Au. africanus

South Africa, 3.5 to 2 mya

Au./Paranthropus aethiopicus

East Africa, 2.7 to 2.5 mya

Au./P. robustus

East Africa, 2.3 to 1.2 mya (same as Au./P. boisei?)

Au./P. boisei

East Africa, 2.3 to 1.2 mya (same as Au./P. robustus?)

Au. sediba

South Africa, 2 to 1.8 mya

Homo habilis (“Handy Man”)

East Africa, 2.4 to 1.5 mya

H. rudolfensis (splitter)

East Africa, 2.5 to 1.2 mya

H. erectus (and H. ergaster if splitter) in Africa

East Africa, 1.8 mya to 110 kya

H. erectus in Asia

Asia (places like China, Indonesia, Taiwan…), 1.6 mya to 110 kya

H. erectus in Europe

Europe (places like Georgia, Spain, Germany…), 1.2 mya to 500 kya

H. naledi

South Africa (The Rising Star Cave), 335 to 236 kya

H. floresiensis

Indonesia, 100 to 50 kya

Early archaic H. sapiens (H. heidelbergensis)

Africa, Asia, Europe, 600 to 300 kya

Late archaic H. sapiens (Neandertals)

Europe, the Middle East Asia, 400 to 40 kya

H. sapiens (modern human)

Africa - 195 kya, Europe (co-magnon) - 28 kya