Hominin Species

Type the hominin species (omit the genus) that matches the description.

I acknowledge that species and genus delineations are hotly debated. While I prefer "lumping" groups together, I have "split" some species here for the sake of a fun quiz. Some less-referenced species/subspecies have been omitted.

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