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Jewel Hazlett Mallory Mitzel Mr Beigel Biology H Period 7 10 January 2018 Human Evolution Research Paper Evolution has evolved all the way dating back to early primates to hominids into modern day human beings The progression started 7 6 million years ago with the discovery of fossils of proto hominids These proto hominins were the transitional ape hominin The earliest proto hominin Sahelanthropus dated back to 7 6 million years 6 million years ago Orrorin lived and Ardipithecus lived around 5 8 4 4 million years ago These first hominids australopithecines evolved around 4 2 million years ago The first species was the Australopithecine species which included the Australopithecus anamensis Australopithecus afarensis Australopithecus africanus and Australopithecus garhi These dated back to around 4 2 2 5 million years ago Next there is the Paranthropus species which include Paranthropus aethiopicus Paranthropus robustus and Paranthropus boisei All of these dated to 2 5 1 4 million years ago By 1 9 mya homo erectus were the one of the early transitional humans 0 5 100 000 years ago existed the Homo Neanderthals and 0 5 mya to to present exist the Homo Sapiens Through different species humans today have finally evolved after going through the earliest primates to hominids to today Fossil evidence has been found to explain the existence of hominins and the progression through the australopithecus and homo genus Fossils were found in Africa that showed that there were around 12 species that lived 6 1 5 million years ago although they did not live around the same time A child's skull named the Australopithecus with a body that is bipedal alike teeth and much of the same foramen magnum as our species was found by Raymond Dart
