List of human evolution fossils

The chimpanzee–human divergence likely took place around 10 to 7 million years ago. The list of fossils begins with Sahelanthropus, dated some 7 million years ago, which may or may not be ancestral to both the human and the chimpanzee lineage, although its status as a hominin or a hominin ancestor remains debated. For the earlier history of the human lineage, see Timeline of human evolution#Hominidae, Hominidae#Phylogeny. The Trachilos footprints from the island of Crete as well as the Graecopithecus fossils are not included in the list due to taxonomic uncertainty. ==Pliocene (5.3–2.58 million years old)==

===Lower Paleolithic: 2.58–0.3 million years old=== ===Middle Paleolithic: 300,000–50,000 years old=== ===Upper Paleolithic: 50,000–11,500 years old=== ==Holocene (11,500–5,000 years old)==

==Abbreviations used in fossil catalog name==

• ALAfar Locality, Ethiopia • ARA-VPAramis Vertebrate Paleontology, Ethiopia • BAR(Lukeino, Tugen Hills) Baringo District, Kenya • BOU-VPBouri Vertebrate Paleontology, Ethiopia • DDmanisi, Georgia • EREast (Lake) Rudolf, Kenya • KGAKonso-Gardula, Ethiopia • KNMKenya National Museum • KPKanapoi, Kenya • LBLiang Bua, Indonesia • LHLaetoli Hominid 4, Tanzania • MHMalapa Hominin, South Africa • NGNgandong, Indonesia • OHOlduvai Hominid, Tanzania • SKSwartkrans, South Africa • Sts, StwSterkfontein, South Africa • TMTransvaal Museum, South Africa • TMToros-Menalla, Chad • WTWest (Lake) Turkana, Kenya ==See also==