HORRORIN (jan 1, 5697977 BC – jan 1, 2000)
Description:
Orrorin tugenensis is a postulated early species of Homininae, estimated at 6.1 to 5.7 million years ago and discovered in 2000. It is not confirmed how Orrorin is related to modern humans. Its discovery was used to argue against the hypothesis that australopithecines are human ancestors, although this remains the most prevalent hypothesis of human evolution as of 2012Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 5697977 BC
jan 1, 2000
~ 5703763 years