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Homo sapiens – modern humans
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/homo-sapiens-modern-humans/

All people living today belong to the species Homo sapiens. We evolved only relatively recently but with complex culture and technology have been able to spread throughout the world and occupy a range of different environments.

Humans are mammals
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/humans-are-mammals/

Humans are members of a large group of animals known as mammals (Class Mammalia).

The first migrations out of Africa
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About 2 million years ago, the first of our ancestors moved northwards from their homelands and out of Africa.

Homo heidelbergensis
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These humans evolved in Africa but by 500,000 years ago some populations were in Europe. They lived and worked in co-operative groups, hunted large animals and made a variety of tools including stone hand axes and wooden spears set with stone spearheads.

Ardipithecus kadabba
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This early hominin lived over 5 million years ago in East Africa.

Shorter jaws with smaller teeth
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As our ancestors evolved, their jaws and teeth changed in many ways. Some tooth changes were apparent five million years ago and additional changes have occurred since then.

Homo habilis
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The earliest of our ancestors to show a significant increase in brain size and also the first to be found associated with stone tools.

Homo ergaster
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Homo ergaster was the first of our ancestors to look more like modern humans. These people were generally tall and slender and may also have been relatively hairless. Not everyone accepts this species name, some still prefer to use the term African Homo erectus.

1912 - Piltdown Man ‘discovered’ in England.
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/piltdown-man-skull/

1912 - Piltdown Man ‘discovered’ in England.

Homo naledi
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The remains of at least 15 individuals were found in the Rising Star cave system in South Africa and announced as a new human species in 2015. The remains are the largest assemblage of a single hominin species yet discovered in Africa.