Hominin origins

Key pre-australopith discoveries

4.4 mya
East Africa
Ardipithecus
Aramis
Big collection of fossils which included partial skeletons bipedal but derived

5.8-5.2 mya
Ardipthecus
Middle awash
Fragmentary, bipedal

6.0 mya
Ordering
Tugen hills
First hominin with post cranial remains
Bipedal

7.0-6.0 mya
Central Africa
Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Toros-menalla
Oldest hominin, well preserved, small brained don't really know If bipedal