Hominin Species - Statistics

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Approx. Dates	Regions Found	Genus	species	% Correct
300 kya - present	Worldwide	Homo	sapiens	82%
1.9 Ma - 140 kya	Africa, Eurasia	Homo	erectus	76%
2.1 Ma - 1.5 Ma	Tanzania	Homo	habilis	74%
240 - 40 kya	Europe, Western Asia	Homo	neanderthalensis	71%
1.0 Ma - 50 kya	Indonesia	Homo	floresiensis	62%
3.3 - 2.1 Ma	South Africa	Australopithecus	africanus	59%
285 - 51 kya	Siberia	(unofficially Homo)	Denisova	59%
3.9 - 2.9 Ma	Ethiopia, Tanzania	Australopithecus	afarensis	56%
2.27 - 0.87 Ma	South Africa	Paranthropus	robustus	56%
3.3 - 3.2 Ma	Kenya	Kenyanthropus	platyops	53%
7 - 6 Ma	Chad	Sahelanthropus	tchadensis	53%
2.5 - 1.15 Ma	Tanzania	Paranthropus	boisei	50%
335 - 236 kya	South Africa	Homo	naledi	50%
1.2 Ma - 800 kya	Western Europe	Homo	antecessor	47%
1.8 - 1.3 Ma	East Africa, Southern Africa	Homo	ergaster	44%
600 - 300 kya	Africa, Europe	Homo	heidelbergensis	41%
6.1 - 4.5 Ma	Kenya	Orrorin	tugenensis	41%
1.98 Ma	South Africa	Australopithecus	sediba	38%
1.9 Ma	Kenya	Homo	rudolfensis	35%
4.5 - 4.32 Ma	Ethiopia	Ardipithecus	ramidus	32%
5.77 - 5.54 Ma	Ethiopia	Ardipithecus	kadabba	29%
2.6 - 2.5 Ma	Ethiopia	Australopithecus	garhi	26%
2.7 - 2.3 Ma	Ethiopia, Tanzania	Paranthropus	aethiopicus	24%
4.3 - 3.8 Ma	Ethiopia, Kenya	Australopithecus	anamensis	24%

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