Hominid |
Fossil site |
Date |
Australopithecus anamensis |
Kanapoi (Ethiopia) |
4.3 - 3.9 M BP |
Australopithecus afarensis |
Hadar (Ethiopia) |
3.9 - 3 M BP |
Australopithecus africanus |
Taung (South Africa) |
3.5 - 2.6 M BP |
Australopithecus bahrelghazali |
Koro Toro (Chad) |
3.5 M BP |
Australopithecus garhi |
Afar Depression |
2.5 M BP |
Paranthropus aethiopicus
or Australopithecus aethiopicus |
Omo Valley (Ethiopia) |
2.6 - 2.3 M BP |
Paranthropus boisei |
Afar Depression (Ethiopia)
(and Olduwai (Tanzania)) |
2.6 - 1.2 M BP |
Paranthropus robustus (crassidens) |
Kromdraai (South Africa) |
1.8 - 1 M BP |