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Myanmar Primates
The Land of Human Origin
These fossils are
between 49 million and 33 million years old. Found in Pondaung, Myanmar. |
Australopithecus
anamensis male
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Australopithecus
afarensis female
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Australopithecus
afarensis male
(This skull was reconstructed from nearly 60 fossil fragments unearthed in
1992)
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Australopithecus
boisei male
(Earliest known stone tools)
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Homo habilis
female
(Earliest known stone tools)
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Homo erectus
female
(Earliest known stone tools)
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Homo erectus
male
(Uncovered in 1960)
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Archaic Homo sapiens
male
(Earliest evidence of controlled fire)
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Neandetral
male
(Earliest evidence of shelters)
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Earliest
evidence of modern humans in Africa
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Earliest
known
burials
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Anatomically
modern Homo sapiens Qafzeh
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Earliest
firm evidence of humans in Australia
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Earliest
known cave paintings
(Found in 1961 among other remains of a young adult male who would have
stood about five feet ten inches tall)
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Most recent
ice age ends
Earlist evidence of humans in Americas
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