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The Pliocene Epoch (5-1.6 million years ago)
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/evolving-landscape/the-pliocene-epoch/

During the Pliocene, the world's continents were close to their present positions. There was an overall cooling of sea and land temperatures. Grasslands were spreading. Australia's plants and animals began to gain their distinctive modern appearance.

The Triassic Period (252 - 201 million years ago)
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/evolving-landscape/the-triassic-period-252-201-million-years-ago/

The Triassic was a time of recovery and diversification after the mass extinction at the end of the Permian.

Hominid and hominin – what’s the difference?
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/hominid-and-hominin-whats-the-difference/

Current use of the term ‘hominid’ can be confusing because the definition of this word has changed over time.

Australopithecus afarensis
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/australopithecus-afarensis/

This species is one of the best known of our ancestors.

How do we know what their environments were like?
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/how-do-we-know-what-their-environments-were-like/

Reconstructing the physical environment in which our ancestors lived allows us to gain a greater understanding of their day-to-day lives. Environments on both local and broader scales are greatly affected by climate, so climate change is an important area of study in reconstructing past environments

The first modern humans in Southeast Asia
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/the-first-modern-humans-in-southeast-asia/

Archaeological evidence shows that modern humans had reached Southeast Asia by 70,000 years ago, however the oldest securely dated modern human remains are only about 40,000 years old.

Humans are apes – ‘Great Apes’
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/humans-are-apes-great-apes/

Humans are classified in the sub-group of primates known as the Great Apes.

Sahelanthropus tchadensis
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/sahelanthropus-tchadensis/

Claimed as one of the most significant discoveries in the field of human evolution, the fossils possibly represent the oldest known human ancestor after the split of the human line from that of the chimpanzees. However, this is hotly debated.

Homo neanderthalensis – The Neanderthals
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/homo-neanderthalensis/

Neanderthals co-existed with modern humans for long periods of time before eventually becoming extinct about 28,000 years ago. The unfortunate stereotype of these people as dim-witted and brutish cavemen still lingers in popular ideology but research has revealed a more nuanced picture.

Ardipithecus ramidus
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/ardipithecus-ramidus/

Discovered in the 1990s, this is one of the earliest of our hominin ancestors yet discovered.