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Family Tree of Man

skull type. Man is classified as a mammal, a member of the vertebrate kingdom. Species of man and man-like creatures can be placed into a 'Family Tree of Man', divided into time periods and geographic areas. We as Homo sapiens, are the single surviving member of this group. (Neandertals are found only in the European/Mid-East area.)
Tree of early man. Click to view Jersey 16000 years ago. Years Past in thousands - Beginning. Years Past in thousands - End. Europe. Asia. Africa. Americas. Homo sapines europide. Homo sapines australide/mongolide. Homo sapines negride. Click to go to geographic areas of fossil finds. Click to view Old World Apes. Click to view Australopithecus africanus. Click to view Australopithecus boisei. Click to view Homo habilis. Click to view Homo (Pithecanthropus) erectus. Homo sapiens saldanha. Homo sapiens ngaloba. Click to view Homo sapiens shanidarensis. Click to view Homo sapiens florisbadensis. Click to view Homo sapiens steinheimensis. Homo sapiens swanscombensis. Homo sapiens daliensis. Homo sapiens palaeohungaricus. Click to view Homo erectus bilzingsleben. Click to view Homo erectus tautavelensis. Click to view Homo erectus petraloniensis. Click to view Homo erectus heidelbergensis. Click to view Homo erectus lantianensis. Click to view Homo erectus pekinensis. Click to view Homo erectus javensis. Click to view Homo erectus rhodesiensis. Ramapithecus punjabicus. Sivapithecus. Click to view Ramapithecus. Dryopithecus africanus. Click to view Dryopithecus. Meganthropus. Click to view Australopithecus robustus. Click to view Homo rudolfensis. Click to view Australopithecus tschadanthropus. Click to view Australopithecus aeopithecus. Click to view Australopithecus afarensis. Click to view Australopithecus anamensis. Click to view Homo ergaster. Sahelanthropus tchadensis. Click to view Homo sapiens neanderthalensis. Oligocene - Name from Greek for 'few recent forms'. Miocene - Name from Greek meion='less' ceno='new' or 'less recent'. Pliocene - Name from Greek pleion='more' ceno='new' or 'continuation of recent'. Pleistocene - Name from Greek pleistos='most' ceno='new' or 'very new'. Holocene - Name from Greek holos='entire(ly)' ceno='new' or 'newest'. Click to view Homo sapiens sapiens (Cro-Magnon). Click to view Mesopithecus Click to view Homo sapiens (ameride). 'Advanced humans' spread across the earth. 'Advanced humans' spread across the earth. 'Homo' expands its species. 'Humans' leave Africa. First 'humans' appear. 'Advanced hominoids' appear. 'Hominoids' diversify in Africa. Earliest 'higher primates'.
  

Family Tree Abbreviation Key

 
A. = Australopithecus; D. = Dryopithecus; e. = erectus; H. = Homo
n. = neanderthalensis; R. = Ramapithecus; s. = sapiens
(Terms and Abbreviations)
 

Taxonomy

Carolas Linnaeus [Carl von Linné] of Sweden developed a system (Systema Naturae) for classifying living things into groups based on hereditary and physical similarities. Gregor Mendel researched the hereditary traits using plants.
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Where our Hero fits into the System


  • . Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . Animalia
    . .. Phylum . . . . . . . . . . . . Vertebrata
    . .. .. Subphylum
    . .. .. .. Superclass
    . .. .. .. .. Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mammalia
    . .. .. .. .. .. Subclass
    . .. .. .. .. .. .. Superorder
    . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . Primates
    . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Suborder . . . . . . . . . . Anthropoidea
    . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Superfamily . . . . . . . . Hominoidea
    . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Family . . . . . . . . . . . . Hominidae
    . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Subfamily . . . . . . . . . Homininae
    . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Genus . . . . . . . . . . . . Homo
    . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Subgenus
    . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Species . . . . . . . . . . neanderthalensis
    . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Author . . . . . . . . . . KING 1864