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Jan 3, 2024 · Some of the most important milestones in human evolution occurred during times of greatest fluctuations. Explore the relationship between climate and human evolution more deeply by magnifying the timeline. thousands of years ago Color Key Roll over colored markers for more information.
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- Australopithecus Afarensis. Australopithecus Afarensis was the earliest form of hominids, which archaeologists dug up fossils in the Afar Triangle of Africa, hence the name “Afarensis”.
- Australopithecus Africanus. Australopithecus Africanus is the first of the early ape species classified as hominids. Australopithecus africanus is an extinct hominin species that lived between 3.5 and 2.4 million years ago in Southern Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs.
- Homo Hablis. About 2.35 – 1.5 million years ago, Homo Habilis had larger brains which helped their survival. Homo habilis, which means “handy man,” is an extinct species of early humans that lived approximately 2.4 to 1.4 million years ago during the early Pleistocene epoch.
- Homo Rudolfensis. Homo Rudolfensis is an extinct hominin species that lived during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, around 2.4 million years ago. This species is known from fossil remains discovered near Lake Turkana in Kenya, specifically at Koobi Fora.
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Australopithecines appear. They have brains no larger than a chimpanzee’s – with a volume around 400 – 500 cm3-, but walk upright on two legs. First human ancestors to live on the savannah
Paranthropus, lives in woods and grasslands, has massive jaws for chewing on roots and vegetation. Becomes extinct 1.2 MYA
Homo erectus is found in Asia. First true hunter-gatherer ancestor, and also first to have migrated out of Africa in large numbers. It attains a brain size of around 1000 cm3
Earliest evidence of purpose-built shelters – wooden huts – are known from sites near Chichibu, Japan
Oldest surviving early human footprints are left by three people who scrambled down the slopes of a volcano in Italy
Neanderthals appear and are found across Europe, from Britain in the west to Iran in the east, until they become extinct with the advent of modern humans 28,000 years ago
Our own species Homo sapiens appears on the scene – and shortly after begins to migrate across Asia and Europe. Oldest modern human remains are two skulls found in Ethiopia that date to this period. Average human brain volume is 1350 cm3
Humans possibly capable of speech. 100,000-year-old shell jewellery suggests that that people develop complex speech and symbolism
“Great leap forward”: human culture starts to change much more rapidly than before; people begin burying their dead ritually; create clothes from animal hides; and develop complex hunting techniques, such as pit-traps. Colonisation of Australia by modern humans
Oldest cave art. Later, Stone Age artisans create the spectacular murals at Lascaux and Chauvet in France Homo erectusdies out in Asia – replaced by modern man
Sep 27, 2019 · In the Paleolithic period (roughly 2.5 million years ago to 10,000 B.C.), early humans lived in caves or simple huts or tepees and were hunters and gatherers. They used basic stone and bone...
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Mar 12, 2021 · March 12, 2021 by Alison Bosman. Human evolution timeline chart, with details on each of the major stages of human evolution. On this page you’ll discover how modern humans evolved from the very first primates – animals that shared Earth with the dinosaurs over 80 million years ago.
Jan 3, 2024 · Early humans first migrated out of Africa into Asia probably between 2 million and 1.8 million years ago. They entered Europe somewhat later, between 1.5 million and 1 million years. Species of modern humans populated many parts of the world much later.
The early human tool kit. In Ethiopia, archaeologists have found evidence of toolmaking that dates to about 2.6 million years ago! This ancient “tool kit” included stone cores, hammerstones, and sharp flakes. Early humans knew how to use a hammerstone to strike a stone cobble at just the right angle so that sharp flakes flew off the core.
