Most people that I know only think that there are two kinds of homonids, Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals. Actually there are way more. There are at least eight types of early hominmids dating back at least eight million years. We are the final product of millions of years of evolution, from primitive small brained quadrupeds with long, protruding snouts and large canines for eating meat. We on the other hand are large brained bipeds with a relatively flat face and smaller canines. The oldest relatively complete skeleton is called Orrorin Tugenensis the oldest remains found of this hominid date back to roughly six and a half million years ago. The biggest leap after that is the Homo Habilis who started using stone tools that it had actually created. Homo habilis lived around 2 and a halfmillion years ago. And later on came us, the infamous Homo Sapiens the latests step in the evolution of hominids.MLA Citation: Susman, Randall. "Who's Who Among the Early Hominins?" Odyssey 1 Oct. 2009. Print.
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