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Hominid Timeline
Time (In Millions of Years)
Australopithecus ramidus -5 -4
Australopithecus afarensis -4 -2.7
Australopithecus africanus -3 -2
Australopithecus robustus -2.2 -1
Homo habilis -2.2 -1.6
Homo erectus -2 0.4
Homo sapiens -0.4 -0.2
Homo sapiens neandertalensis -0.2 -0.03
Homo sapiens sapiens -0.13 0.002