Graecopithecus freybergi: Oldest Hominin Lived in Europe, not Africa

An international team of paleoanthropologists, led by Professor Madelaine Böhme of the University of Tübingen, Germany, has analysed 7.2 million-year-old remains of the hominin Graecopithecus freybergi and came to the conclusion that they belong to pre-humans.


They came to the conclusion that the earliest Hominin lived in Europe and not Africa.  Don't get to excited as only the jaws have been discovered.  There is not enough proof that this is the case. 

source :  http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/anthropology/graecopithecus-freybergi-hominin-04888.html




I have put together an human evolution chart that includes the latest discoveries.  This is done using information obtained from the internet.  This information might differ to other material on the internet.  I have done this as I have not found a up to date chart on the internet.  This is of great interest to me and I am sure it of great interest to others.




You can click on the names as they are connected to links, and you can explore the evolution of man yourself.  I have added links to what the skull looked like.  The one above does not have a skull as only the jaw was found.  The specimens were found in to different countries.

Human Evolution Chart
ANCIENT HOMINIDS
SCIENTIFIC NAME	AGE	LOCATION	Skull
Graecopithecus freybergi	7.2 million years	Greece/Bulgaria	no
Sahelanthropus tchadensis	7 million years	Chad	yes
Orrorin tugenensis	6 million years	Western Kenya	yes
Ardipithecus kadabba	5,8 - 5,2 million years	Afar Depression	yes
Ardipithecus ramidus	4.4 million years	Afar Depression	yes
Australopithecus anamensis	4,2 - 3,9 million years	Kenya	yes
Australopithecus afarensis	4,0 - 2,7 million years	Afar Depression	yes
Australopithecus bahrelghazali	3,6 million years	Chad	yes
Kenyanthropus platyops	3,5 - 3,2 million years	Kenya	yes
Australopithecus africanus	3,3 - 2,1 million years	South Africa	yes
Homo naledi	3,0 million years ago	South Africa	yes
Paranthropus aethiopicus	2,7 - 2,4 million years	Ethiopia, Kenya	yes
Paranthropus boisei	2,6 - 1,1 million years	Tanzania	yes
Australopithecus garhi	2,5 million years	Afar Depression	yes
Homo Habilis	2,5 - 1.44 million years	Africa	yes
Paranthropus robustus	2,3 - 1,2 million years	South Africa	yes
Australopithecus sediba	1,98 million years	South Africa	yes
Homo ergaster	1,9 - 1,4 millions years ago	Africa	yes
Homo eructus	1,9 million years - unknown	South Africa, Kenya	yes
		Spain, China, Java (Indonesia)
Homo rudolfensis	1,89 million years	Kenya	yes
Dmanisi Hominid Homo georgicus	1,8 million years 1,77 million years	Georgia Republic of Georgia	yes yes
Homo antecessor	1 million - 800,000 years	Spain	yes
Homo cepranensis	900,000 - 800,000 years	Italy	yes
Homo heidelbergensis	400,000 - 200,000 years	Heidelberg, Germany	yes
Homo sapiens	300,000 years - present	Africa, rest of the world	yes
Homo neanderthalensis	200,000 to 40,000 years	Eurasia	yes
Homo floresiensis	190,000 - 50,000 years ago	Indonesian island of Flores	yes
Denisova	48,650 - 29,200	Russia	yes
Cro-Magnon	40,000 - 10,000	France	yes
AMH/EMH