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Homo neanderthalensis
Time Period: 400,000 to 40,000 years ago Key Traits: Robust build, large brain, sophisticated tool use
Homo rhodesiensis
Time Period: 300,000 to 125,000 years ago Key Traits: Robust skull features, large brain size
Paranthropus boisei
Time Period: 2.3 to 1.2 million years ago Key Traits: Robust skull, large molars, vegetarian diet
Homo floresiensis
Time Period: 95,000 to 17,000 years ago Key Traits: Very small size, small brain, sophisticated stone tools
Australopithecus afarensis
Time Period: 3.9 to 2.9 million years ago Key Traits: Bipedal, small-brained, evidence of tool use
Ardipithecus ramidus
Time Period: 4.4 million years ago Key Traits: Bipedalism, foraging diet, grasping big toe
Australopithecus africanus
Time Period: 3.3 to 2.1 million years ago Key Traits: Rounded skull, less protruding face, bipedalism
Homo antecessor
Time Period: 1.2 million to 800,000 years ago Key Traits: Early evidence of human-like features, possible speech capacity
Australopithecus sediba
Time Period: 1.977 million years ago Key Traits: Small brain, long arms, possible transitional species
Homo habilis
Time Period: 2.4 to 1.4 million years ago Key Traits: Larger brain, use of stone tools, smaller teeth than earlier hominids
Australopithecus anamensis
Time Period: 4.2 to 3.9 million years ago Key Traits: Large canines, bipedal, U-shaped dental arcade
Homo heidelbergensis
Time Period: 600,000 to 200,000 years ago Key Traits: Large brow ridges, potential use of language, hunting capabilities
Australopithecus garhi
Time Period: 2.5 million years ago Key Traits: Long limbs, larger teeth than Homo, possible tool use
Homo erectus
Time Period: 1.9 million to 140,000 years ago Key Traits: Upright posture, large brain, used fire
Homo sapiens
Time Period: 300,000 years ago to present Key Traits: Highly developed brains, language, complex tool use
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