| Family Hominidae Taxonomy | ||||||
| Genus | Species | Subspecies | Range | Age | Size | Behavior |
| Gorrila | gorrila | gorrila | Africa western | Holocene | 135-275 kg (290-600lb), brain 470 cc | Herbivore territorial ♂polygynous dimorphic |
| Gorrila | gorrila | beringei | Africa: Zaire, Rwanda and Uganda | Holocene | 70-200 kg (150-440 lb), brain 470 cc | Foliavore nomadic ♂polygynous dimorphic |
| Pan | paniscus | ("bonobo") Africa: Zaire | Holocene | 35 to 45 kg (75-100 lb), brain 400 cc | Omnivore nomadic patrilocal ♀polygynandrous ~dimorphic | |
| Pan | troglodytes | ("chimp") Africa: Senegal - Tanzania | Holocene | 40 to 50 kg (85-110 lb), brain 400 cc | Omnivore nomadic patrilocal ♀polygynandrous ~dimorphic | |
| Pongo | pygmaeus | Sumatra & Borneo | Quaternary | 30 to 90 kg (65-200 lb), brain 400 cc | Frugivore territorial solitary dimorphic | |
| Homo | sapiens | sapiens | Global | ca.150 (40) Ka - 0 | 50 to 100 kg (110-220 lb), brain 1500 cc | Omnivore territorial solitary ~dimorphic |
| Homo | sapiens | "archaic" | Africa, Asia (extinct) | 400 - 150 Ka | 50 to 100 kg (110-220 lb), brain 1200 cc | Omnivore territorial solitary ~dimorphic |
| Homo | neanderthalensis | Western Asia, N. Africa (extinct) | 250 - 30 Ka | 70-170 kg (150-375lb.), brain 1400 cc | "Mousterian" | |
| Homo | antecesor | Spain (extinct) | 780 Ka | 40 to 90 kg(?), brain 1000 cc | "undescribed tools" | |
| Homo | erectus | Africa Asia (extinct) | 1.8 Ma - 200 Ka | 40 to 90 kg (90-200 lb), brain 1000 cc | "Achulean" | |
| Homo | habilis | Africa, subsaharan (extinct) | 2.4-1.5 Ma | 30 - 50 kg (65 - 110 lb), brain 620 cc | "Oldowan" | |
| Paranthropus | robustus | Africa, subsaharan (extinct) | 2 - 1.5 Ma | 32 - 40 kg (70 - 88 lb), 530 cc | bipedal robust | |
| Paranthropus | boisei | Africa, east (extinct) | 2.1 - 1.1 Ma | 34 - 49 kg (75 - 108 lb), brain 505 cc | bipedal robust | |
| Paranthropus | aethiopicus | Africa, Kenya (extinct) | 2.6 - 2.3 Ma | brain 405 cc | bipedal robust | |
| Australopithecus | garhi | Ethopia (extinct) | 2.5 Ma | brain 450 cc | bipedal | |
| Australopithecus | africanus | Africa, subsaharan (extinct) | 3 - 2 Ma | 30 - 41 kg (66 - 90 lb), brain 458 cc | bipedal | |
| Australopithecus | afarensis | Africa, western (extinct) | 3.9 - 2.96 Ma | 107-152 cm, 3'6"-5'0" brain 457 cc | bipedal dimorphic | |
| Australopithecus | anamensis | Africa, Kenya (extinct) | 4.2 - 3.9 Ma | bipedal, ape teeth, wide niche | ||
| Ardipithecus | ramidus | Africa, Ethopia (extinct) | 4.4 Ma | 86 - 102 cm, 3'3" - 4' | facultative bipedal, woodland habitat | |
| Ardipithecus | ramidus | Africa, Ethiopia (extinct) | 5.8Ma | brain 300-350 cc | facultative bipedal, woodland dweller | |
| Kenyanthropus | platyops | Africa, Kenya (extinct) | 3.5 Ma | brain 400-450 cc | bipedal? flat face, small teeth | |
| Orrorin | tugenensis | Africa, Ethopia (extinct) | 6 ma | brain unknown | bipedal large incisor canine | |
| Sahelanthropus | tchadensis | Africa, Chad (extinct) | 7 ma | brain350 cc | very primitive characters | |
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General References http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1979/6/79.06.02.x.htmlhttp://dorakmt.tripod.com/evolution/human.html http://biology.uindy.edu/Biol345/HUMANSTRATEGY/19brainsize.htm http://www.neanderthal-modern.com/westasia.htm | ||||||