TIMELINE


(c) 1997 Kevin L. Callahan


GEOLOGICAL EPOCH	GROUP/GENUS/SPECIES	LOCATION
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PALEOCENE, 65-54 mya	proto-prosimians	North America & Europe
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EOCENE, 54-37 mya	prosimians	North American & Europe
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OLIGOCENE, 37-24 mya	Aegyptopithecus	Fayum, Egypt
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MIOCENE, 24-5 mya	Proconsul
Dryopiths
Ramapiths	Africa
Africa, some Europe
Europe, some Africa
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Hominid Evolution
PLIO-PLEISTOCENE, 5-1.8 mya	Australopithecines develop in Africa, in
various places
"primitive":	A. ramidus, ~4.4 mya	E. Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya)
Australopithecines:	A. afarensis, 4-3 mya
      Lucy, Laetoli footprints
A. africanus, 3-2 mya
      Taung child	E. Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya)

South Africa
Paranthropines:	P. aethiopicus, 2.8-2.2 mya
P. robustus, 2.5-1 mya
P. boisei, 2.5-1 mya	E. Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia)
South Africa
South Africa & E. Africa

Development of the Genus Homo
	"early Homo": H. habilis, (H.habilis & A. africanus)
H. rudolfensis,  2.4-1.5 mya
	East Africa
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PLEISTOCENE, 

1.8 mya - 10 kya H. erectus, 1.8 mya-400 kya Africa, Europe, and Asia archaic H. sapiens, 400 kya-? Africa, Europe, and Asia Neandertals (archaics in Europe), 300 kya? - 35 kya Europe,Near East H. sapiens sapiens ~200 kya to present (widespread) -------------------------------------------------------------------------

(Not quite!:)

And no, it didn't quite work like this either : )

© 1997 call0031@tc.umn.edu


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