Early Humans Radiometric dating shows us that hominids first appeared on our planet about 3.5 million years ago.
Many anthropologists believe that modern humans evolved from earlier, ape-like, primates.
The evidence for human evolution is sketchy at best, due to a signifigant lack of fossil evidence. This gallery will showcase some of the fossil remains of these early hominids. Many remains of various early humans have been found in Africa, near Olduvai Gorge, the Hadar Desert in Ethiopia, and throughout the Great Rift Valley. 1 Australopithicus was a hominid that lived in Africa close to 3.2 million years ago. The ape-like Australopithicus is believed to have been able to walk upright.