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Description: Map of the fossil sites and spread of the generi Australopithecus and Paranthropus, from 4.3 M BP until 1 M BP. Source: http://www.archaeologyinfo.com/species.htm PARKER (G.). Compact History of the World. London, HarperCollins Publishers, 2008, pp 12 - 13 Hominid Fossil site Date Australopithecus anamensis Kanapoi (ETH) 4.3 - 3.9 M BP Australopithecus afarensis Hadar (ETH) 3.9 - 3 M BP Australopithecus africanus Taung (ZAF) 3.5 - 2.6 M BP Australopithecus bahrelghazali Koro Toro (TCD) 3.5 M BP Australopithecus garhi Afar Depression (ETH) 2.5 M BP Paranthropus aethiopicus or Australopithecus aethiopicus Omo Valley (ETH) 2.6 - 2.3 M BP Paranthropus boisei Afar Depression (ETH) (and Olduwai (TZA)) 2.6 - 1.2 M BP Paranthropus robustus (crassidens) Kromdraai (ZAF) 1.8 - 1 M BP
Title: Map of the fossil sites of the early hominids (4.4-1M BP)
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