Homo habilis (lived about The first to make stone tools

2.4 to 1.4 million years Recognized to be the first true human

ago) Scavengers (scavenging for food)
Homo rudolfensis (lived Characterized by a longer face, larger molar and premolar teeth, and
about 1.9 to 1.8 million having a larger braincase compared to habilis particularly larger frontal
years ago) lobes, areas of the brain that processes information.
Homo erectus (lived 1.89 “Upright Man”
to 143,000 years ago) Adapted to hot climates and mostly spread in Africa and Asia
The first hunters with improvised tools (axes and knives)
The first to produce fire
Homo heidelbergenesis Species with large brow ridge and short wide bodies
(lived about 700,000 to The first early human species to live in colder climates
200,000) First to hunt large animals on routine basis using spears
First to construct human shelters
Homo floresiensis (lived Nicknamed “the hobbit” – small stature with a height of more or less 3
about 95,000 to 17,000) feet)
In the island of Flores, Indonesia

Homo sapiens (200,000 “the wise man”

years ago) The present human race belongs to this species
Homo sapiens “Neandertal man” – is the closest relative of modern humans
neanderthalensis (lived Subspecies with short stocky in body build adapted to winter climates
about 200,000 to 28,000 especially in icy cold places in Europe and Asia
years ago) The first to practice burial of their dead, hunting and gathering food,
sewing clothes from animal skin using bone needles
Homo sapiens sapiens “Cro-Magnon”
(lived in the last Ice Age Subspecies characterized to be anatomically modern humans
of Europe from 40,000 to The first to produce art in cave paintings and crafting decorated tools and
10,000 years ago) accessories
Source: smithsonian national museum of natural history