There are many ancestors who lived on this world before us, and one-word name for them are hominins or hominids. In this article there is a list of them. The oldest hominid that lived is called Sahelanthropus Tchadensis.The remains of this hominid was found in Africa in 2001. The second oldest hominin is Orrorin Tugenensis and it was found in Kenya. One interesting fact about this ancestor is that it had positional behavior, which means it indicated a different type of movement. Next, there is the Ardipithecus which means ground ape. The next one is Kenyapithecus Platyops. It was found in 2001 near Kenya, it is how it got it's name. Next on the list, and maybe one of the most famous hominins is Australopithecus, it means southern ape. Then comes Paranthropus which means that it has a skull similar to men. It is the same shape as us. Now, it's time for Early Homo, which means early men, this is the time that we, humans came to life. There are two types of Early Homos. The first is Homo Habilis, which means handy man, and this is still not totally us. But then Homo Erectrus came to life, and that's us.
