4.4 mya

Earliest evidence of pre-human hominid species

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4-2 mya

Hominid species-(australopithecus afarensis) in Ethiopia

1.8 mya

Nutcracker Man discovered in Tanzania by Mary Leakey

1.8 mya

Homo habilis or tool-making man

1.7 mya

Homo erectus or erect man

~1 mya

Homo erectus begins to migrate to Europe and Asia

100,000-40,000

Neanderthal Man, in Africa and Europe