GEOLOGICAL EPOCH GROUP/GENUS/SPECIES LOCATION
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PALEOCENE, 65-54 mya proto-prosimians North America & Europe
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EOCENE, 54-37 mya prosimians North American & Europe
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OLIGOCENE, 37-24 mya Aegyptopithecus Fayum, Egypt
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MIOCENE, 24-5 mya Proconsul
Dryopiths
Ramapiths Africa
Africa, some Europe
Europe, some Africa
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Hominid Evolution
PLIO-PLEISTOCENE, 5-1.8 mya Australopithecines develop in Africa, in
various places
"primitive": A. ramidus, ~4.4 mya E. Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya)
Australopithecines: A. afarensis, 4-3 mya
Lucy, Laetoli footprints
A. africanus, 3-2 mya
Taung child E. Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya)
South Africa
Paranthropines: P. aethiopicus, 2.8-2.2 mya
P. robustus, 2.5-1 mya
P. boisei, 2.5-1 mya E. Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia)
South Africa
South Africa & E. Africa
Development of the Genus Homo
"early Homo": H. habilis,
(H.habilis & A. africanus)
H. rudolfensis, 2.4-1.5 mya
East Africa
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PLEISTOCENE, 1.8 mya - 10 kya H. erectus, 1.8 mya-400 kya
Africa, Europe, and Asia
archaic H. sapiens, 400 kya-? Africa, Europe, and Asia
Neandertals (archaics in Europe), 300 kya? - 35 kya 
Europe,Near East
H. sapiens sapiens ~200 kya to present (widespread)
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