Hominid Species Timeline

Hominid Species Time Line

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Below are the generally accepted species names in roughly chronological order, based on currently available evidence.


To learn more about a species, click on the link below. You can also click on the species in the Time Line to jump to the page, or click on the navigation icons at the bottom to page through the site.
Sahelanthropus tchadensis 7 million years ago Orrorin tugenensis 6.1 - 5.8 million years ago Ardipithecus kadabba 5.8 - 5.5 million years ago Ardipithecus ramidus 4.4 - 4.2 million years ago Australopithecus anamensis 4.2 - 3.8 million years ago Australopithecus afarensis 3.8 - 2.7 million years ago Kenyanthropus platyops 3.5 - 3.2 million years ago Australopithecus africanus 3.0 - 2.4 million years ago	Paranthropus aethiopicus 2.7 - 1.9 million years ago Australopithecus garhi 2.6 - 2.5 million years ago Paranthropus boisei 2.3 - 1.4 million years ago Paranthropus robustus 2.0 - 1.0 million years ago Homo rudolfensis 2.3 - 1.9 million years ago Homo ergaster 2.0 - 1.5 million years ago Homo habilis 2.0 - 1.6 million years ago	Homo georgicus 1.8 million years ago Homo erectus 2.0(?) million - 50,000 years ago Homo antecessor 800,000 - 200,000 years ago Homo heidelbergensis 500,000 - 200,000 years ago Homo Neandertalensis 300,000 - 28,000 years ago Homo floresiensis ? to 18,000 years ago Homo sapiens sapiens @200,000 - present

For resources on this topic, see

Donald Johanson’s site at Arizona State University, http://www.becominghuman.org

Especially useful is the time line suggesting the relative chronology and species life of the generally accepted hominid species:
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species.html#timeline

The Smithsonian Institution's "Human Origins Program" web site:
http://anthropology.si.edu/humanorigins/

For a collection of images of the separate species, go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/humans/humankind/