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The chimpanzee–human divergence likely took place during around 10 to 7 million years ago. [1] The list of fossils begins with Graecopithecus, dated some 7.2 million years ago, which may or may not still be ancestral to both the human and the chimpanzee lineage.
The timeline of human evolution outlines the major events in the evolutionary lineage of the modern human species, Homo sapiens, throughout the history of life, beginning some 4 billion years ago down to recent evolution within H. sapiens during and since the Last Glacial Period.
Homo (from Latin homō 'human') is a genus of great ape (family Hominidae) that emerged from the genus Australopithecus and encompasses only a single extant species, Homo sapiens (modern humans), along with a number of extinct species (collectively called archaic humans) classified as either ancestral or closely related to modern humans; these include Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis.
Human evolution is the evolutionary process within the history of ... These are proposed species names for fossils from about 1. ... List of human evolution fossils;
New research shows that Homo sapiens traveled from Africa to East Asia and toward Australia up to 86,000 years ago.
Homo erectus (/ ˌ h oʊ m oʊ ə ˈ r ɛ k t ə s / lit. ' upright man ') is an extinct species of archaic human from the Pleistocene, spanning nearly 2 million years.It is the first human species to evolve a humanlike body plan and gait, to leave Africa and colonize Asia and Europe, and to wield fire.
Researchers have announced the naming of a new species of human ancestor, Homo bodoensis. This species lived in Africa, about half a million years ago – during the Middle Pleistocene – and was ...
Human remains (archaeological) (2 C, ... 29 P) Pages in category "Homo sapiens fossils" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. List of human evolution fossils; A.