Image: Map of the fossil sites of the earliest hominids (35.8-3.3M BP)

Description: A map with the fossil sites of the earliest hominids and hominoids, from 35.8 M BP until 3.3 M BP. Source:

http://www.archaeologyinfo.com/species.htm PARKER (G.). Compact History of the World. London, HarperCollins Publishers, 2008, pp 12 - 13

Hominid

Fossil site

Date

Aegyptopithecus

Fayum (EGY)

34 - 33 M BP

Proconsul

Koru (KEN)

23 - 22 M BP

Sahelanthropus tchadensis

Djourab (TCD)

6 - 7 M BP

Orrorin tugenensis

Baringo (KEN)

6 M BP

Ardipithecus ramidus kadabba

Afar Depression (ETH)

5.8 - 5.2 M BP

Ardipithecus ramidus ramidus

Afar Depression (ETH)

4.4 M BP

Kenyanthropus platyops

Lomweki (KEN)

3.5 - 3.3 M BP

note: the Dryopithecus and Ouranopithecus are not listed.
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