The following tables give an overview of notable finds of homini fossils and remains relating to human evolution, beginning with the formation of the tribe Hominini (the divergence of the human and chimpanzee lineages) in the late Miocene, roughly 7 to 8 million years ago.

This overview is not complete, but shows some of the most important findings. It is rare to find a complete skull or skeleton, and there are thousands of mostly fragmentary fossils, often consisting of single bones or isolated teeth, making it difficult to accurately identify them. 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.

The early fossils shown are not considered ancestors to Homo sapiens but are closely related to 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. __TOC__ Late Miocene (7.2–5.5 million years old)

The chimpanzee–human divergence likely took place around 10 to 7 million years ago."In effect, there is now no a priori reason to presume that human-chimpanzee split time are especially recent, and the fossil evidence is now fully compatible with older chimpanzee–human divergence dates [7 to 10 Ma]" The list of fossils begins with Sahelanthropus, dated some 7 million years ago, which may or may not be ancestral to both the human and the chimpanzee lineage, although its status as a hominin or a hominin ancestor remains debated. For the earlier history of the human lineage, see Timeline of human evolution#Hominidae, Hominidae#Phylogeny. Image Name Age (Ma) Species Yeardiscovered Country Discovered by Now located at TM 266 (Toumai) 7.00–6.00 Sahelanthropus tchadensis 2001 ChadSite:Djurab Desert Alain Beauvilain, Fanone Gongdibe, Mahamat Adoum and Ahounta Djimdoumalbaye N'Djamena (Chad), BEAC BAR 1000'00 6.1–5.7Orrorin tugenensis 2000 KenyaSite:Lukeino Martin Pickford, Kiptalam Cheboi, Dominique Gommery, Pierre Mein, Brigitte Senut ALA-VP 1/20 5.65±0.150Ardipithecus kadabba 1997 EthiopiaSite:Middle Awash Yohannes Haile-Selassie<noinclude>

The Trachilos footprints from the island of Crete as well as the Graecopithecus fossils are not included in the list due to taxonomic uncertainty.

Pliocene (5.3–2.58 million years old)

Image Name Age (Ma) Species Yeardiscovered Country Discovered by Now located at</noinclude> Ardi 4.40 Ardipithecus ramidus 1994 Ethiopia Yohannes Haile-Selassie Lothagam mandible (KNM-LT 329) 4.60±0.40 Australopithecus sp. or undetermined Hominidae 1967 Kenya Arnold Lewis,Bernard Wood, Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution (2011), 887. Bryan PattersonLothagam mandible fragment KNM-TH 13150 4.70±0.55 Orrorin praegens 1984 Kenya Kiptalam Cheboi KNM-KP 271 4.00 Australopithecus anamensis 1965 Kanapoi, Kenya Bryan Patterson MRD-VP-1/1 3.80 Australopithecus anamensis 2016Ethiopia Ali Bereino Laetoli Footprints 3.70 Bipedal hominin 1976 Tanzania Mary Leakey Laetoli canine (M42323) 3.5 Australopithecus afarensis 1935 Laetoli, Tanzania Louis Leakey Natural History Museum, London (UK) LH 4 3.40±0.50 Australopithecus afarensis 1974 Laetoli, Tanzania Mary Leakey KSD-VP-1/1 (Kadanuumuu) 3.58 Australopithecus afarensis 2005 Ethiopia Yohannes Haile-Selassie KT-12/H1 (Abel) 3.50 Australopithecus bahrelghazali 1995 Chad Mamelbaye Tomalta and Michel Brunet N'Djamena (Chad), BEAC KNM-WT 22944 G-J 3.50 Australopithecus sp. 1990 Kenya Multinational team National Museums of Kenya KNM-WT 40000 (Flat Faced Man) 3.50-3.20 Kenyanthropus platyops 1999 Lake Turkana (West Lake Turkana), Kenya Justus Erus and Meave Leakey BRT-VP-3/14 3.40±0.10 Australopithecus deyiremeda 2015 Ethiopia Yohannes Haile-Selassie Stw 573 (Little foot) 3.67 Australopithecus prometheus(?) 1994 Sterkfontein, South Africa Ronald J. Clarke DIK-1 (Selam) 3.30 Australopithecus afarensis 2000 Ethiopia Zeresenay Alemseged AL 288-1 (Lucy) 3.20 Australopithecus afarensis 1974 Ethiopia Tom Gray, Donald Johanson, Yves Coppens and Maurice Taieb National Museum of Ethiopia AL 200-1 3.10±0.10 Australopithecus afarensis 1975 Afar Region, Ethiopia Donald Johanson Yves Coppens and Maurice Taieb AL 129-1 3.10±0.10 Australopithecus afarensis 1973 Afar Region, Ethiopia Donald Johanson AL 444-2 Image at Modern Human Origins 3.00 Australopithecus afarensis 1992 Afar Region, Ethiopia Yoel Rak LD 350-1 2.775±0.025: "The Gurumaha Tuff is radiometrically dated to , a date that is consistent with the normal magnetic polarity of the Gurumaha section, presumably the Gauss Chron. An upper bounding age for LD 350-1 is provided by an adjacent, downfaulted younger block that contains the Lee Adoyta Tuff. [...] the age of LD 350-1 can be further constrained by stratigraphic scaling. [...] Based on the current chronostratigraphic framework for Ledi-Geraru, we consider the age of LD 350-1 to be 2.80–2.75 Ma". Homo(?) 2013 Ethiopia Chalachew Seyoum<noinclude> Taung 1 (Taung Child) 3.03–2.61 Australopithecus africanus 1924 Buxton-Norlim Limeworks, South Africa Raymond Dart University of the Witwatersrand

Pleistocene

Lower Paleolithic: 2.58–0.3 million years old

Name Age (Ma) Species Datediscovered Country Discovered by Now located at</noinclude> KNM-WT 17000(The Black Skull) 2.50 Paranthropus aethiopicus 1985 Kenya Alan Walker BOU-VP-12/130Bouri Vertebrate Paleontology 2.50 Australopithecus garhi 1997 Ethiopia Yohannes Haile-SelassieLD-7602.63Australopithecus sp. indet.2025Ethiopia STS 71STS 71 on humanorigins.si.edu 2.61–2.07 Australopithecus africanus 1947 Sterkfontein, South Africa Robert Broom and John T. Robinson Ditsong National Museum of Natural History STS 52 2.61–2.07 Australopithecus africanus 1947 Sterkfontein, South Africa Robert Broom Ditsong National Museum of Natural History UR 501 (Uraha jawbone) 2.40±0.10 Homo rudolfensisAt the time of its discovery considered the oldest fossil evidence of genus Homo. . Since the discovery of LD 350-1 (2.8 Ma, intermediate between Australopithecus and Homo) arguably demoted to the rank of second-oldest fossil of Homo. 1991 Malawi Tyson Msiska, Timothy Bromage, Friedemann Schrenk STS 5 (Mrs. Ples) (STS 14) Image at Modern Human Origins. 2.07 Australopithecus africanus 1947 Sterkfontein, South Africa Robert Broom Ditsong National Museum of Natural History DNH 134 (Simon) 2.04 Homo erectus 2015 Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa Andy Herries' team (excavated by Richard Curtis, Andy Herries, Angeline Leece; reconstructed by Jesse Martin) University of the Witwatersrand DNH 155 2.04–1.95 Paranthropus robustus 2018 Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa Andy Herries and Stephanie Baker's team (first found by Samantha Good and excavated by Samantha Good, Angeline Leece, Stephanie Baker and Andy Herries; reconstructed by Jesse Martin) University of the Witwatersrand DNH 152(Khethi) 2.04–1.95 Paranthropus robustus 2018 Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa Andy Herries and Stephanie Baker's team (first part found by Khethi Nkosi. later parts by Amber Jaeger, Eunice Lalunio; reconstructed by Jesse Martin & Angeline Leece) University of the Witwatersrand DNH 7(Eurydice) 2.04–1.95 Paranthropus robustus 1994 Drimolen, Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa R. Smith and André Keyser University of the Witwatersrand KNM-ER 64060 2.03 Homo habilis 2012 Ileret, Kenya KNM-ER 64061 2.02 Homo habilis 2012-2013 Ileret, Kenya TM 1517 2.0 Paranthropus robustus 1938 South Africa Gert Terblanche Ditsong National Museum of Natural History MH1 (Karabo) 1.98 Australopithecus sediba 2008 Malapa, South Africa Matthew Berger and Lee Rogers Berger University of the Witwatersrand KNM-ER 1813 1.90 Homo habilis 1973 Kenya Kamoya Kimeu KNM-ER 1470 1.90 Homo rudolfensis 1972 Kenya Bernard NgeneoMai, L.L., Owl, M.Y., & Kersting, M.P. (2005), p. 286 SK 48 2.25–1.80 Paranthropus robustus 1948 Swartkrans, South Africa Robert Broom Ditsong National Museum of Natural History SK 46 2.25–1.80 Paranthropus robustus 1949 Swartkrans, South Africa Robert Broom Ditsong National Museum of Natural History SK 847 2.25–1.80 Homo habilis 1949 Swartkrans, South Africa Ditsong National Museum of Natural History OH 24(Twiggy) 1.80 Homo habilis 1968 Tanzania Peter Nzube OH 8 OH 8 image of foot at Modern Human Origins 1.80 Homo habilis 1960 Olduvai, Tanzania D2700 (Dmanisi Skull 3) 1.81±0.40 Homo erectus 2001 Dmanisi, Georgia David Lordkipanidze and Abesalom Vekua D3444 (Dmanisi Skull 4) 1.81±0.40 Homo erectus 2003 Dmanisi, Georgia David Lordkipanidze D4500 (Dmanisi Skull 5) 1.81±0.40 Homo erectus 2005 (published in 2013) Dmanisi, Georgia David Lordkipanidze KNM-ER 62000–62003F 1.84±0.60 Homo rudolfensis 2012 Koobi Fora, Kenya Meave Leakey's team KNM-ER 64062 1.84±0.02 Homo erectus 2013 Ileret, Kenya OH 5(Zinj ornutcracker man) 1.75 Paranthropus boisei 1959 Tanzania Mary Leakey OH 7 (Johnny's Child) 1.75 Homo habilis 1960 Tanzania Jonathan and Mary Leakey StW 53 1.8–1.6 variously A. africanus, H. habilis, H. gautengensis 1976 Sterkfontein, South Africa A. R. Hughes University of the Witwatersrand KNM-ER 1805 1.74 Homo habilis 1973/4 Kenya Paul Abell Yuanmou Man 1.70or 0.60–0.50(disputed) Homo erectus 1965 China Fang Qian KNM-ER 406 1.70 Paranthropus boisei 1969 Kenya Richard Leakey KNM-ER 732 1.70 Paranthropus boisei 1970 Kenya Richard Leakey KNM-ER 23000 1.70 Paranthropus boisei 1990 Koobi Fora, Kenya Benson Kyongo KNM-WT 17400 1.70 Paranthropus boisei Not known Access to the references of this book. Lake Turkana (West Lake Turkana) Kenya unknown National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi (Kenia) KNM-ER 3733 1.63±0.15. "paleo-magnetic results of this study delimit the age of KNM-ER 3733 to 1.78–1.48 Ma, making it one of the most securely dated fossils of early African H. erectus when compared to the oldest Homo fossils from Europe and Asia." Homo ergaster (a.k.a. African Homo erectus) 1975 Kenya Lantian Man 1.62±0.03 Homo erectus 1963 Lantian County, China Woo Ju-Kang KNM-WT 15000(Turkana Boy) 1.60 Homo ergaster (a.k.a. African Homo erectus) 1984 Lake Turkana (West Lake Turkana), Kenya Kamoya Kimeu Kenya National Museum Peninj Mandible 1.50 Paranthropus boisei 1964 Tanzania Richard Leakey Ileret Footprints 1.50 Homo erectus 2007-2014 Ileret, Kenya KNM-ER 992 1.50 Homo ergaster (a.k.a. African Homo erectus) 1971 Kenya Richard Leakey KNM-ER 3883 1.57±0.08 Homo erectus 1976 Kenya Richard Leakey Mojokerto 1(Mojokerto child) 1.43±0.10 Homo erectus 1936 Indonesia Andojo, G.H.R. von Koenigswald BL02-J54-100 (Niño de Orce) 1.40 Similar to H. heidelbergensis Unknown Spain Unknown Museo Arqueológico y Etnológico de Granada KGA 10-525 1.40 Paranthropus boisei 1993 Konso-Gardula, Ethiopia A. Amzaye OH 9(Chellean Man) 1.40 Homo erectus 1960 Olduvai, Tanzania Louis Leakey Sima del Elephante maxilla (ATE7-1) 1.40 Homo erectus? 2022 Spain Not on display OH 80 1.34 Paranthropus boisei 2010 Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Manuel Dominguez-Rodrigo National Museum of Tanzania ATE9-1 1.20 Homo sp. or Homo erectus? 2008 Spain Eudald Carbonell Museo de la Evolución Humana, Burgos (Spain) Kocabaş 1.10 Homo erectus 2002 Turkey M. Cihat Alçiçek Daka 1.00 Homo erectus 1997 Ethiopia Henry Gilbert Sangiran 4 1.00 Homo erectus 1939 Indonesia G.H.R. von Koenigswald Sangiran 2 1.15±0.45 Homo erectus 1937 Indonesia G.H.R. von Koenigswald Madam Buya 1.00 Homo erectus 1997 Eritrea Ernesto Abbate National Museum of Eritrea ATD6-15 and ATD6-69