Orrorin tugenensis

specimen = BAR 1002'00

site = Tugen Hills

geographic region = Eastern Africa

Age = 6.0 mya

Australopithecus anamensis

specimen = KNM-KP 29281

site = Kanapoi

geographic region = Eastern Africa

age = 4.0 mya

Australopithecus afarensis

specimen = A.L. 288-1 Lucy

site = Hadar

geographic region = Eastern Africa

age = 3.0 mya

Paranthropus robustus

specimen = SK 48

site = Swartkrans

geographic region = Southern Africa

age = 1.8 mya

Australopithecus africanus

specimen = STS 5 (Mrs. Ples)

site = Sterkfontein

geographic region = Southern Africa

age = 2.5 mya

Paranthropus aethiopicus

specimen = KNM-WT 17000

site = West Turkana

geographic region = Eastern Africa

age = 2.5 mya

Australopithecus sediba

specimen = MH 1

site = Malapa Cave

geographic region = Southern Africa

age = 1.9 mya

Paranthropus boisei

specimen = OH 5

site = Olduvai Gorge

geographic region = Eastern Africa

age = 1.8 mya

Homo naledi

specimen = composite skeleton

site = Rising Star Cave

geographic region = Southern Africa

age = ?

Homo habilis

specimen = KNM-ER 1813

site = Koobi Fora

geographic region = Eastern Africa

age = 1.6 mya

Homo ergaster

specimen = KNM-WT 15000 (Nariokotome)

site = West Turkana

geographic region = Eastern Africa

age = 1.6 mya

Homo erectus

specimen = Zhoukoudian composite

site = Zhoukoudian

geographic region = East Africa

age = 500 kya

Homo heidelbergensis

specimen = Cranium 5 (AT-700)

site = Sima de los Huesos

geographic region = Western Europe

age = 430 kya

Homo antecessor

specimen = ATD6-69

site = Gran Dolina

geographic region = Western Europe

age = 900 kya

Homo rhodesiensis

specimen = Kabwe (Broken Hill)

site = Kabwe (Broken Hill)

geographic region = Southern Africa

age = 300 kya

Homo neanderthalensis

specimen = La Chapelle-aux-Saints

site = La Chapelle-aux-Saints

geographic region = Western Europe

age = 45 kya

Homo floresiensis

specimen = Liang Bua 1 (LB1)

site = Liang Bua

geographic region = East Asia

age = 20 kya

Homo sapiens

specimen = Cro-Magnon 1

site = Cro-Magnon

geographic region = Western Europe

age = 25 kya

Lower Paleolithic - Oldowan

tool industry = Oldowan

tool type = chopper

age = 2.6 mya - 600 kya

geographic range = Africa, SW Asia, East Asia, Europe

Lower Paleolithic - Acheulean

tool industry = Acheulean

tool type = handaxe

age = 1.7 mya - 300 kya

geographic range = Africa, SW Asia, Europe

Upper Pleolithic - Aurignacian

tool industry = Aurignacian

tool type = blade

age = 35 - 25 kya

geographic range = SW Asia, Europe

Middle Paleolithic - Mousterian

tool industry = Mousterian

tool type = Levallois point

age = 250 - 35 kya

geographic range = SW Asia, Europe