Modern Primates

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Modern Primates
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Tupaidae tree shrew
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Tarsier
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Lemuridae Madagascar
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Carpolestidae Paleocene-Eocene North America
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Pesiadapis Paleocene-Eocene North America/Europe
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Teihardina early Eocene China earliest Euprimate
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Adapis Eocene earliest anthropoid
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Sahelanthropus tchadensis 6-7 MYA Africa,
bi-/quadru-pedal?
Gorilla
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Authralopithecus africanus 2 - 3.3 MYA Africa
cranial capacity 420-500 cc, bipedal, partly
arboreal
Chimpanzee
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Paranthropus a robust australopithecine Africa,
nut-cracker
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Homo habilis 1.5-2.4 MYA Africa, possibly
Asia cranial capacity 500-800 cc, Oldowan tool
culture
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Homo erectus 1.8 MY 300,000 years, Africa and
Asia Cranial capacity 750-1225 cc Acheulean tool
culture
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Homo floriensis 18,000 years, Indonesia 1 meter
tall
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Homo heidelbergensis archaic Homo
sapiens 900,00 - 200,000 years, Europe
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Homo neaderthalensis 230,000 30,000 years
Europe, Middle East Cranial capacity 1350-1450 cc
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modern Homo sapiens 160,000 - present 40,000
30,000 yrs painting, jewelry, carving 11,000 yrs
agriculture, 6,000 yrs metallurgy