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humans religion Origins of Humankind The Hominid Family Tree
Orrorin tugenensis (6 mya)  Ardipithecus ramidus (4.4 mya)
Australipithecus anamensis (4.2 to 3.9 mya)  Australipithecus
afarensis (3.6 to 2.9 mya)  Kenyanthropus platyops (3.5 to 3.3
mya)  Australipithecus africanus (3 to 2 mya)  Australipithecus
aethiopicus (2.7 to 2.3 mya)  Australipithecus garhi (2.5 mya)
Australipithecus boisei (2.3 to 1.4 mya)  Homo habilis (2.3 to
1.6 mya)  Homo erectus (1.8 to 0.3 mya)  Australipithecus
robustus (1.8 to 1.5 mya)  Homo heidelbergensis (600 to 100 tya)
Homo neanderthalensis (250 to 30 tya)  Homo sapiens (100 tya to
present)  mya = millions of years ago        tya = thousands of
years ago   Homo heidelbergensis (600,000 to 100,000 years ago)
Species Description:  The skulls of this species share features
with both Homo erectus and anatomically modern Homo sapiens. The
archaic H. hei