Name Nickname Bipedal? Location/ Special traits Tools? Tall/Short?

habitat Age?
Sahelanthro- Toumai Most likely Chad-Africa Small brain, small ???
pus tchadensis Forest near a lake teeth, non-functional 5.2 to 7 mya
honing chewing
Ardipithecus
Ramidus Artie Yes AND East Africa n.h.c., primitive, yet Maybe? 4 to 6 mya
quadripedal Forest fully hominid

A. Anamensis Similar to Artie Yes Leakey Family Large canines Maybe? 4.2 to 3.9 mya
Kenya, E Africa
Small, over 40%
A. Afarensis Lucy relative to Yes Ethiopia, E Africa Human-like and ape- 2.9 to 3.9 mya
Anamensis like, large teeth, Short, long arms
snout, hyoid bone
Closest to homo- Arm:leg human-
A. Gahri Yes Ethiopia, Africa sapiens, n.h.c., small Yes like
brain, less arboreal 2.5 mya
1st Aust. Discovered, 3.5 to <2 mya
A. Africanus Taung Child gracile, small, larger 2-3 yrs old
brain
Small anterior Short, size of
H. Habilis handyman Yes Tanzania, Africa definition, long Yes humans
arms, climbing
Large skull, long 1.8 mya
H. Erectus man that stands Yes; fully terrestrial Europe, Asia, Africa teeth, big brain
upright
 Name Nickname Bipedal? Location/ Special Tools? Tall/Short?
habitat traits Age?
H. Erectus- Nariokotome Boy Yes Kenya, Africa Short arms and Tall
special legs, big brain

Archaic Homo yes Europe, Asia, Mix of erectus Language Tall, HAVE
Sapiens Africa traits and mod. H. CHINS
Sapiens, large face
and brain size,
cannibalism,
cavities
Neandertals yes Middle East, West Large brain, NO yes Short, robust
Asia limestone CHIN, adapt to 150,000 ya
cold, heavy built,
cannibalism
Modern Homo Yes High forehead, Yes, language Tall
Sapiens round skull, small
face and teeth,
projecting chin
Homo Florensis The Hobbits Yes Indonesia Small brain-Aust., Short, Female
small teeth and height of modern 3
bones year-old
18,000 ya