GEOLOGICAL EPOCH GROUP/GENUS/SPECIES LOCATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PALEOCENE, 65-54 mya proto-prosimians North America & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------- EOCENE, 54-37 mya prosimians North American & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------- OLIGOCENE, 37-24 mya Aegyptopithecus Fayum, Egypt -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIOCENE, 24-5 mya Proconsul Dryopiths Ramapiths Africa Africa, some Europe Europe, some Africa -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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)
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