Events
First primitive primates evolveHominidae (great apes) evolve from the ancestors of the gibbon.First gorillas evolve. Later, chimp and human lineages divergeArdipithecus, early 'proto-human' shares traits with chimps and gorillasAple-like early humans, the Australopithecines appeared. They had brains no larger than a chimpanzee's but other more human-like features.Zigzag drawings by homo erectusEarliest drawings by homo sapiensHomo sapiens moves out of AfricaNeanderthals and homo sapiens divergeParanthropus, lived in woods and had massive jaws for chewingHomo habalis first thought to have appeared in AfricaFirst "modern" hand appearsHomo sapiens appear in AfricaHomo sapiens appears in EuropeDomestication of dogsPeriods
Australopithecus africanus lived in africaPleistocene - End of which marks "end" of last ice age
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