HOMINIDS

HOMINIDS
4 million years ago

Tertiary era

  originate from
ANTHROPOMORPHOUS APES

  spread in Africa

initially in the eastern part, in the Rift Valley

CHARACTERISTICS

ability to socialize

opposable thumb
small canines, large molars

numerous traits common to anthropomorphous apes and humans

upright posture

a larger brain than apes

EVOLUTION

not linear, some species became extinct

Ardipithecus

Australopithecus

Ramapithecus

Homo