Hominidae

The Hominides are a family of Espèce S gathering the majority of large the Primate S such as the man, the Chimpanzé, the Bonobo or the Gorille, as well as certain a number of extinct species ancestors or not of the human Lignée (the Orang-outan and the Gibbon, for example, do not belong to this family).

The Poids of the Adulte S generally lies between 50 and 250 kg. They are characterized by a biped walk (sometimes imperfect), a robust musculature, a large Cerveau and a face prognathe. All are the excellent climbing ones, except for the adult gorilla, especially the large males known as " with back argentés" whose weight prohibits to them to climb the trees, as well as the human one. The children gorillas them, climb the branches of the trees perfectly. Their food mode is Omnivore, mainly Frugivore, but the meat is not absent.

Principal their characteristics is them Comportement very advanced Social with very important interactions between individuals of the same group and large a facial expressivity making it possible to express their emotion S. All is able to communicate in an effective way and all are able with a suitable education to learn a rudimentary Langage and to handle Concept S Abstrait S. the Hominides also form part of rare the animal to have Conscience themselves (they are recognized in a mirror, contrary to the cat for example).

Classification

Hominides

Samburupithecus > (- 9,5 Million years)
Sahelanthropus tchadensis > (- 7 Million years)
Orrorin tugenensis > (- 6 Million years)

Ardipithecus kadabba ramidus > (- 5,8 to -5,2 Million years)
Ardipithecus ramidus > (- 5,8 to -4,5 million years)

Kenyanthropus platyops > (- 3,5 to -3,2 Million years)

Australopithecus anamensis > (- 4,2 to -3,8 Million years)
Australopithecus afarensis > (- 4,1 to -3 Million years) See Lucy (paleoanthropology).
Australopithecus africanus > (- 3,5 to -2,5 Million years)
Australopithecus garhi > (- 2,6 Million years)
Australopithecus aethiopicus > (- 2,7 to -2,3 Million years)
Australopithecus boisei > (- 2,4 to -1,2 Million years)
Australopithecus robustus > (- 1,8 to -1,5 Million years)

Homo rudolfensis > (- 2,4 to -1,8 Million years)
Homo habilis > (- 2,5 to -1,8 Million years)
Homo georgicus > (- 1,8 to -1,2 Million years) the exit of Africa.
Homo ergaster > (- 2,2 to -1 Million years)
Homo antecessor > (- 1,2 Million years with -700 000 years)
Homo erectus > (- 1 Million years with -300 000 years)
Homo heidelbergensis > (- 600 000 and -200 000 years)
Homo helmei > (- 500 000 to 300.000 years)
Homo neanderthalensis > (- 250 000 and -28.000 years)
Homo sapiens idaltu > (- 195 000 and -154 000 years)
Homo rhodesiensis > (- 125 000 and -300 000 years) the Man of Rhodesia.
Homo floresiensis > (- 95 000 to -12.000 years) the Man of Flora (Indonesia).
Homo soloensis > (- 95 000 to -12.000 years)
Homo sapiens > (- 200 000 years at our days) the current Man.

See too

External bonds

ma.préhistoire
hominides.com

Simple: Hominidae

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