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Human Family Tree

Human Family Tree

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Early Human History Join our email newsletter to receive free updates! Close Search for Ideas and Resources An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie This site uses cookies to improve performance. If your browser does not accept cookies, you cannot view this site. Setting Your Browser to Accept Cookies Prehistory (Origins & Stone Age) Tip: Press ctrl and F (or Command and F on a Mac) to perform a keyword search of this page. To keyword search all Best of History Web Sites pages use the search engine located on each page. Prehistory in the News Before Lucy came Ardi, new earliest hominid found Associated Press, October 1, 2009 — “Ardi,” a 110-pound, 4-foot female hominid who lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia roamed forests a million years before the famous Lucy, long studied as the earliest skeleton of a human ancestor. Human’s Oldest Relative Found (from Discovery, on YouTube)

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