hominin: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Hominini

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Diagram tracing the evolutionary split of humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas over the past 12 million years, with skull illustrations for key hominin species and African great apes, and branching lines showing divergence points.

Map of Ethiopia highlighting new hominin fossil sites in the Middle Awash region. An inset shows the locations of Ardipithecus and Australopithecus fossil discoveries near the Awash River and Yardi Lake, marked with colored dots. Surrounding countries and major cities in Ethiopia are also labeled.

A timeline chart showing the evolution of hominins over the past 4 million years, with colored bars representing different Australopithecus and Homo species diverging over time, ending with Homo sapiens at present.

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Ardipithecus Denisovan Homo Lothagam mandible Koobi Fora remains Kenyanthropus Orrorin Sinanthropus Homo sapiens Homo erectus

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Lee Berger

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Tim D. White

Tim D. White

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