Pondaung Primate

40-Million

Myanmar Primates

The Land of Human Origin

These fossils are between 49 million and 33 million years old. Found in Pondaung. Myanmar.

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4.5-Million

Australopithecus

Australopithecus anamensis male

Australopithecus

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4-Million

Australopithecus

Australopithecus afarensis female

Australopithecus

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3.5-Million

Australopithecus

Australopithecus afarensis male

(This skull was reconstructed from nearly 60 fossil fragments unearthed in 1992)

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3-Million

Australopithecus boisei

Australopithecus boisei male

Australopithecus boisei male (Earliest known stone tools)

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2.5-Million

Homo habilis female

Homo habilis female

Homo habilis female (Earliest known stone tools)

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2-Million

Homo erectus female

Homo erectus female

Homo erectus female (Earliest known stone tools)

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1.5-Million

Homo erectus male

Homo erectus male

Homo erectus male (Uncovered in 1960)

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1-Million

Archaic Homo sapiens male

Archaic Homo sapiens male

Archaic Homo sapiens male (Earliest evidence of controlled fire)

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500.000

Neandetral male

Neandetral male

Neandetral male (Earliest evidence of shelters)

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0

Years Before Present

Years Before Present

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150.000

Earliest evidence

Earliest evidence

Earliest evidence of modern humans in Africa

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125.000

Earliest known

Earliest known burials

Earliest known burials

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100.000

Anatomically modern

Anatomically modern Homo sapiens Qafzeh

Anatomically modern Homo sapiens Qafzeh

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75.000

Earliest firm

Earliest firm evidence

Earliest firm evidence of humans in Australia

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50.000

Earliest known

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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25.000

Ice age

Most recent ice age ends

Most recent ice age ends Earlist evidence of humans in Americas

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