List of human fossils

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The following charts give a brief overview of several notable fossil finds relating to human evolution. As there are thousands of fossils, this overview is not meant to be complete, but does show the most important finds. The fossils are arranged by approximate age as determined by radiometric dating and/or incremental dating. The species name represents current consensus, when there is no clear scientific consensus the other possible classifications are indicated; deprecated classifications may be found on the fossil's page. Not all the fossils shown are considered direct ancestors to Homo sapiens but are very closely related to direct ancestors and are therefore important to the study of the lineage.

1 More than 4 million years old
2 3 million - 4 million years old
3 2 million - 3 million years old
4 1 million - 2 million years old
5 100,000 - 1 million years old
6 50,000 - 100,000 years old
7 Less than 50,000 years old
8 Notes
- 8.1 Abbreviations used in fossil catalog name
9 See also
10 References

[edit] More than 4 million years old

Name	Age	Species	Date discovered	Place	Discovered by
DPC 2803	>31 mya	Aegyptopithecus zeuxis		Egypt	Elwyn Simons
KNM RU 7290	18 mya	Proconsul africanus	1948	Kenya	Mary Leakey
KNM WK 16999	16-18 mya	Afropithecus turkanensis	1986	Kenya	Richard Leakey
KNM WK 16950	16-18 mya	Turkanapithecus kalakolensis	1986	Kenya	Richard Leakey
IGF 11778	8 mya	Oreopithecus bambolii	1872	Italy	Gervais
IVPP PA644	8 mya	Lufengpithecus lufengensis	1978	China
GSP 15000	8 mya	Sivapithecus indicus	1979	Pakistan	D. Pilbeam and S. M. Ibrahim Shah

[edit] 3 million - 4 million years old

	Name	Age	Species	Date discovered	Place	Discovered by
	Laetoli Footprint	3.7 mya	Bipedal hominid	1976	Tanzania	Mary Leakey
	KNM WT 40000	3.5 mya	Kenyanthropus platyops	1999	Kenya	Justus Erus
	LH 4	3.6 - 3.8 mya	Australopithecus afarensis	1974	Tanzania	Mary Leakey
	Stw 573 (Little foot)	3.3 mya	Australopithecus ?	1994	South Africa	Ronald J. Clarke
Image:AL200f.jpg	AL 200-1	3 - 3.2 mya	Australopithecus afarensis	1975	Ethiopia	Donald Johanson
Image:Al129knee.jpg	AL 129-1	3 - 3.2 mya	Australopithecus afarensis	1976	Ethiopia	Donald Johanson
	K 12 (Abel)		Australopithecus bahrelghazali	1995	Chad	Michel Brunet (paleontologist)
	DIK-1 (Selam)	3.3 mya	Australopithecus afarensis	2000	Ethiopia	Zeresenay Alemseged
	AL 288-1 (Lucy)	3.2 mya	Australopithecus afarensis	November 24, 1974	Ethiopia	Donald Johanson
	AL 444-2	3 mya	Australopithecus afarensis	1991	Ethiopia	Bill Kimbel

[edit] 2 million - 3 million years old

	Name	Age	Species	Date discovered	Place	Discovered by
Image:Sts5f.jpg	STS 5 (Mrs. Ples)	2.6 - 2.8 mya	Australopithecus africanus	1947	South Africa	Robert Broom
	STS 14	2.6-2.8 mya	Australopithecus africanus	1947	South Africa	Robert Broom
	STS 52
Image:Sts71 f.jpg	STS 71	2.5 mya	Australopithecus africanus	1947	South Africa	Robert Broom
Image:Taung1f.jpg	Taung 1 (Taung Child)	2.5 mya	Australopithecus africanus	1924	South Africa	Raymond Dart
Image:WT17ksmf.jpg	KNM WT 17000 (The Black Skull)	2.5 mya	Paranthropus aethiopicus	1985	Kenya	Alan Walker
Image:TM1517a2.jpg	TM 1517	2 mya	Paranthropus robustus	1938	South Africa	Gert Terblanche

[edit] 1 million - 2 million years old

	Name	Age	Species	Date discovered	Place	Discovered by
Image:1813f.jpg	KNM ER 1813	1.9 mya	Homo habilis	1973	Kenya	Kamoya Kimeu
Image:1470f.jpg	KNM ER 1470	1.9 mya	Homo rudolfensis	1972	Kenya	Richard Leakey
Image:Sk48f.jpg	SK 48	1.8 mya	Paranthropus robustus	1948	South Africa	Robert Broom
Image:Oh24f.jpg	OH 24 (Twiggy)	1.8 mya	Homo habilis	1968	Tanzania	Peter Nzube
	OH 8	1.8 mya	Homo habilis	1960	Tanzania
Image:Zinjf.jpg	OH 5 (Zinj or nutcracker man)	1.8 mya	Paranthropus boisei	1959	Tanzania	Mary Leakey
	D 2700	1.8 mya	Homo georgicus	2001	Georgia
Image:Oh73.jpg	OH 7	1.75 mya	Homo habilis	1960	Tanzania	Jonathan Leakey
Image:Knmer3733f.jpg	KNM ER 3733	1.75 mya	Homo ergaster	1975	Kenya	Bernard Ngeneo
Image:1805fmax.jpg	KNM ER 1805	1.74 mya	Homo habilis
	StW 53	1.5 - 2 mya	Homo habilis	1976	South Africa	A. R. Hughes
	SK 847	1.5 - 2 mya	Homo habilis	1949	South Africa
	DNH 7 (Eurydice)	1.5 - 2 mya	Paranthropus robustus	1994	South Africa	André Keyser
Image:SK46l.jpg	SK 46	1.5-2 mya	Paranthropus robustus	1949	South Africa	Robert Broom
	OH 13	1.7 mya	Homo habilis	1963	Tanzania	N. Mbuika
Image:ER406f.jpg	KNM ER 406	1.7 mya	Paranthropus boisei	1969	Kenya	Richard Leakey
Image:732f.jpg	KNM ER 732	1.7 mya	Paranthropus boisei	1970	Kenya	Richard Leakey
	KNM ER 23000
Image:17400f.jpg	KNM WT 17400	1.7 mya	Paranthropus boisei		Kenya
Image:15kmanf.jpg	KNM WT 15000 (Turkana Boy)	1.6 mya	Homo erectus or Homo ergaster	1984	Kenya	Kamoya Kimeu
Image:3883f.jpg	KNM ER 3883	1.4 - 1.6 mya	Homo erectus		Kenya	Richard Leakey
Image:Peninj3.jpg	Peninj Mandible	1.5 mya	Paranthropus boisei	1964	Tanzania	Richard Leakey
	OH 9 (Chellean Man)	1.5 mya	Homo erectus	1960	Tanzania	Louis Leakey
Image:992l.jpg	KNM ER 992	1.5 mya	Homo ergaster	1971	Kenya	Richard Leakey
	KGA 10-525	1.4 mya	Paranthropus boisei	1993	Ethiopia	A. Amzaye

[edit] 100,000 - 1 million years old

	Name	Age	Species	Date discovered	Place	Discovered by
	Sangiran 4
	Sangiran 2	0.7-1.6 mya	Homo erectus	1937	Indonesia	GHR von Koenigswald
	Trinil 2 (Pithecanthropus 1 or Java Man)	.7 - 1 mya	Homo erectus	1891	Indonesia	Eugene Dubois
	Ternifine 2
	Sangiran 17
	Hexian
	Zhoukoudian
	Bodo	600k	Homo heidelbergensis or Homo erectus	1976	Ethiopia	A. Asfaw
Image:Mauer3.jpg	Mauer 1 (Heidelberg Man)	500k	Homo heidelbergensis	1907	Germany
	Ndutu
	Sale
	Arago 21 (Tautavel Man)	400k	Homo sapiens or Homo heidelbergensis or Homo erectus	1971	France	Henry de Lumley
	Steinheim Skull	350k	Homo sapiens or Homo heidelbergensis	1933	Germany
	Petralona 1	250 - 500k	Homo sapiens or Homo erectus	1960	Greece
	Swanscombe Man	250k	Homo sapiens	1935	England	Alvan T Marston
	Ngandong 7	250k	Homo sapiens	1931	Indonesia	C. ter Haar and G. H. R. von Koenigswald
Image:Kabwecraniumf.jpg	Broken Hill 1 (Kabwe Cranium or Rhodesian Man)	125k - 300k	Homo rhodesiensis or Homo heidelbergensis	1921	Zambia	Tom Zwiglaar
	Dali (fossil)	209k	Homo sapiens	1978	China	Shuntang Liu
	LH 18

[edit] 50,000 - 100,000 years old

	Name	Age	Species	Date discovered	Place	Discovered by
Image:Skhul5 f.jpg	Skhul V	90k	Homo sapiens	1932	Israel	T. McCown and H. Moivus, Jr.
Image:Laferrf.jpg	La Ferrassie 1	70k	Homo neanderthalensis	1909	France	R. Capitan
	Krapina 3
	La Quina 5
	La Quina 18
	Mt. Circeo 1
	Saccopastore 1
	Tabun C1
	Gibraltar 1
	Omo 2
	Jebel Irhoud 1
Image:Shanidarf.jpg	Shanidar 1	60k - 80k	Homo neanderthalensis	1961	Iraq	Ralph Solecki
	Amud 1
Image:Lachapf.jpg	La Chappelle-aux-Saints 1	60k	Homo neanderthalensis	1908	France	A. and J. Bouyssonie

[edit] Less than 50,000 years old

	Name	Age	Species	Date discovered	Place	Discovered by
Image:Lemousf.jpg	Le Moustier	45k	Homo neanderthalensis	1909	France
	Neanderthal 1	40k	Homo neanderthalensis	1856	Germany	Johann Carl Fuhlrott
	Jebel Qafzeh 6
Image:Ng6f.jpg	NG 6	27 - 53k	Homo erectus	1931	Indonesia	C. ter Haar and GHR von Koenigswald
Image:Cromagf.jpg	Cro-Magnon 1	30k	Homo sapiens	1868	France	Louis Lartet
	Combe Capelle
	Predmost 3
	Afalou 13
	Wadi Kubbaniya
	Wadi Halfa 25
	LB 1 (Hobbit)	18k	Homo floresiensis or Homo erectus or Homo sapiens	2003	Indonesia
	Minatogawa 1	16k - 18k	Homo sapiens	1970	Japan
	Tandou
	Kow Swamp 1	9k - 13k	Homo sapiens	1968	United States	A.G. Thorne
	SDM 16704
Image:Wadjf.jpg	Wadjak 1	10k - 12k	Homo sapiens	1888	Indonesia	Eugene Dubois
	Tepexpan	11k	Homo sapiens	1947	Mexico	H. de Terra
	Cerro Sota 2	11k	Homo sapiens	1936	Chile	Junius Bird
	Lo 4b
	Kerma 27
	Five Knolls 18
	Humboldt Sink	<1500 years	Homo sapiens		United States
	SCDG K102	300 - 400 years	Homo sapiens	1982	United States	C.S. Larsen

[edit] Notes

[edit] Abbreviations used in fossil catalog name

AL - Afar Locality, Ethiopia
ARA-VP - Aramis Vertebrate Paleontology, Ethiopia
BOU-VP - Bouri Vertebrate Paleontology, Ethiopia
ER - East (Lake) Rudolf, Kenya
KGA - Konso-Gardula, Ethiopia
KNM - Kenya National Museum
KP - Kanapoi, Kenya
OH - Olduvai Hominid, Tanzania
SK - Swartkrans, South Africa
Sts,Stw - Sterkfontein, South Africa
TM - Transvaal Museum, South Africa
TM - Toros-Menalla, Chad
WT - West (Lake) Turkana, Kenya

[edit] See also

[edit] References

Tattersall, Ian, Schwartz, Jeffery (2000). Extinct Humans. Westview Press, Boulder CO. ISBN 0-8133-3482-9.

Larsen, Clark Spencer, Matter, Robert M, Gebo, Daniel L (1991). Human Origins: the fossil record. Waveland Press, Prospect Heights, IL. ISBN 0-88133-575-4.