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List of human evolution fossils








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The following tables give an overview of notable finds of hominin fossils and remains relating to human evolution, beginning with the formation of the Hominini tribe (the divergence of the human and chimpanzee lineages) in the late Miocene, roughly 7 to 8 million years ago.
As there are thousands of fossils, mostly fragmentary, often consisting of single bones or isolated teeth with complete skulls and skeletons rare, this overview is not complete, but does show some of the most important finds. The fossils are arranged by approximate age as determined by radiometric dating and/or incremental dating and the species name represents current consensus; if there is no clear scientific consensus the other possible classifications are indicated.
Most of the early fossils shown are not considered direct ancestors to Homo sapiens but are closely related to direct ancestors and are therefore important to the study of the lineage. After 1.5 million years ago (extinction of Paranthropus), all fossils shown are human (genus Homo). After 11,500 years ago (11.5 ka, beginning of the Holocene), all fossils shown are Homo sapiens (anatomically modern humans), illustrating recent divergence in the formation of modern human sub-populations.
Late Miocene (7.2 – 5.5 million years old)

The chimpanzee–human divergence likely took place during about 10 to 7 million years ago.[1] The list of fossils begins with Graecopithecus, dated some 7.2 million years ago, which may or may not still be ancestral to both the human and the chimpanzee lineage. For the earlier history of the human lineage, see Timeline of human evolution#Hominidae, Hominidae#Phylogeny.

Pliocene (5.3 – 2.58 million years old)


Pleistocene
Lower Paleolithic: 2.58 – 0.3 million years old


Middle Paleolithic: 300,000 – 50,000 years old


Upper Paleolithic: 50,000 – 11,500 years old



Holocene (11,500 – 5,000 years old)



See also
Timeline of human evolution
Timeline of human prehistory
List of archaeological sites by continent and age
List of first human settlements
List of fossil primates
List of fossil sites
List of mummies
List of notable fossils
List of transitional fossils
Further reading

Gibbons, Ann.  The First Human: The Race to Discover our Earliest Ancestor. Anchor Books (2007). ISBN978-1-4000-7696-3
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Johanson, Donald & Wong, Kate.  Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins. Three Rivers Press (2009). ISBN978-0-307-39640-2
CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (Note: this book contains very useful, information dense chapters on primate evolution in general, and human evolution in particular, including fossil history).
Leakey, Richard & Lewin, Roger.  Origins Reconsidered: In Search of What Makes us Human. Little, Brown and Company (1992). ISBN0-316-90298-5
Lewin, Roger.  Bones of Contention: Controversies in the Search for Human Origins. Penguin Books (1987). ISBN0-14-022638-9
Morwood, Mike & van Oosterzee, Penny.  A New Human: The Startling Discovery and Strange Story of the 'Hobbits' of Flores, Indonesia. Smithsonian Books (2007). ISBN978-0-06-089908-0
Oppenheimer, Stephen.  Out of Eden: The Peopling of the World. Constable (2003). ISBN1-84119-697-5
Roberts, Alice.  The Incredible Human Journey: The Story of how we Colonised the Planet. Bloomsbury (2009). ISBN978-0-7475-9839-8
Shreeve, James.  The Neanderthal Enigma: Solving the Mystery of Modern Human Origins. Viking (1996). ISBN0-670-86638-5
Stringer, Chris.  The Origin of Our Species. Allen Lane (2011). ISBN978-1-84614-140-9
Stringer, Chris & Andrews, Peter.  The Complete World of Human Evolution. Thames & Hudson (2005). ISBN0-500-05132-1
Stringer, Chris & McKie, Robin.  African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity. Jonathan Cape (1996). ISBN0-224-03771-4
van Oosterzee, Penny.  The Story of Peking Man. Allen & Unwin (1999). ISBN1-86508-632-0
Walker, Allan & Shipman, Pat.  The Wisdom of the Bones: In Search of Human Origins. Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1996). ISBN0-297-81670-5
Wade, Nicholas.  Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of our Ancestors. Penguin Press (2006). ISBN978-0-7156-3658-9
CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (Note: this book contains very accessible descriptions of human and non-human primates, their evolution, and fossil history).




Bibliography
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 – Interactive Map of Human Evolution Fossils
 – Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History (August 2016).