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This timeline of human evolution shows the sequence of events and species starting with the approximate time of separation of the human evolutionary branch from that of the most closely related living group of great apes, the chimpanzees. Approximate ages are expressed in millions of years ago (Ma).

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 id:Miocene  value:rgb(1,0.8706,0) # 255/222/0
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 from:5332000  till:end  color:Miocene  text:Miocene
 from:1806000  till:5332000  color:Pliocene  text:Pliocene
 from:11500  till:1806000  color:Pleistocene  text:Pleistocene
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 at:6000000  text:6 Ma - Age of Orrorin tugenensis bones found in Kenya~(human ancestry undetermined)
 at:5000000  text:"5 Ma - Approximate split between humans and apes~using molecular clock"
 at:150000  shift:(15,3)  text:"150 Ka - Mitochondrial Eve living in Africa"
 from:60000  till:90000  shift:(15,-3)  text:"90-60 Ka - Y-chromosomal Adam living in Africa"

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 bar:bar1  from:6000000  till:7000000  color:period1  shift:(15,50)  text:Sahelanthropus tchadensis (7-6 Ma)~(human ancestry undetermined)~Age based on fossil evidence found in Chad

 bar:bar1  from:5200000  till:5800000  text:Ar. kadabba (5.8-5.2 Ma)
 bar:bar3  from:4400000  till:5000000  text:Ar. ramidus (5.0?-4.4 Ma)

 bar:bar4  from:3900000  till:4200000  text:A. anamensis (4.2-3.9 Ma)
 bar:bar5  from:3000000  till:3900000  text:A. afarensis (3.9-3.0 Ma)
 bar:bar7  from:2000000  till:3000000  shift:(15,75)  text:A. africanus (3-2 Ma)
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 bar:bar12  from:300000  till:1800000  text:H. erectus (1.8-0.3 Ma)
 bar:bar13  from:0  till:500000  shift:(15,15)  text:H. sapiens~(from 0.5 Ma)

 bar:bar2  from:2300000  till:2600000  shift:(15,-5)  text:P. aethiopicus (2.6-2.3 Ma)
 bar:bar1  from:1500000  till:2000000  shift:(15,-5)  text:P. robustus (2.0-1.5 Ma)
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 from:4400000  till:5800000  color:period1
 at:5800000  text:Genus Ardipithecus (5.8-4.4 Ma)

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 from:1100000  till:2600000  color:period1
 at:2600000  text:Genus Paranthropus (2.6-1.1 Ma)

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 from:2000000  till:4200000  color:period2
 at:4200000  shift:none  text:Genus Australopithecus (4.2-2.0 Ma)

 bar:bar11
 from:0  till:2400000  color:period3
 at:2400000  shift:(40,-10)  text:Genus Homo~(from 2.4 Ma)

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[edit] See also

• Human evolution
• Timeline of human evolution
• List of human fossils
• Timeline of evolution
• Graphical timeline of our universe, spanning the life of the universe