Paleoanthropology
Introduction
Species
Pre-Australopiths
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Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Orrorin tugenensis
Ardipithecus ramidus
Australopiths
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Australopithecus anamensis
Australopithecus afarensis
Kenyanthropus platyops
Australopithecus garhi
Paranthropus aethiopicus
Paranthropus boisei
Paranthropus robustus
Australopithecus africanus
Australopithecus sediba
Homo
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Homo habilis
Homo rudolfensis
Homo ergaster
Homo erectus
Early archaic Homo sapiens
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
Homo sapiens sapiens
Well-known Fossils
Lucy
Selam
Laetoli Footprints
Mrs Ples
Sts 14
Taung child
MH1 and MH2
Nariokotome boy
Fossil Sites
Europe
South Africa
East and Central Africa
Near East and Middle East
Eurasia and Asia
Indonesia and Australia
The Near East and Middle East Fossil Sites
Skhul
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Homo sapiens sapiens
Age: 115, 000 ya
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Amud
Location: Israel
Fossils:
Age: 50 000 ya
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History: Discovered in 1961
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Kebara
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Fossils:
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
Age: 130 000 to 35 000 years ago (Middle Pleistocene)
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Qafzeh Cave
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Homo sapiens sapiens
Age: 100 000 ya
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Shanidar
Location: Middle East
Fossils:
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
Age: 130 000 to 35 000 years ago (Middle Pleistocene)
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Significance
Tabun
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Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
Age: 130 000 to 35 000 years ago (Middle Pleistocene)
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