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Human Evolution Interactive Timeline

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Australopithecus afarensisSahelanthropus tchadensis

Ardipithecus kadabba

Ardipithecus ramidus

Orrorin tugenensis Australopithecus anamensis

Australopithecus garhi

Paranthropus aethiopicus

Homo rudolfensisAustralopithecus africanus

Homo habilisKenyanthropus platyops

Homo floresiensisParanthropus robustus

Paranthropus boisei

Homo heidelbergensis

Homo erectus

Homo neanderthalensis

Homo sapiens

Australopithecus sediba

Homo naledi

Climate fluctuations

Species

Major milestones in human evolution

This climate graph shows how the climate has fluctuated over the 8 million years of human evolution. Click the purple bands for more information.

During the period of human evolution, the Earth's climate has fluctuated between warm and cold. Some of the most important milestones in human evolution occurred during times of greatest fluctuations. Explore the relationship between climate and human evolution more deeply by magnifying the timeline.

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