Historical event

Sahelanthropus tchadensis

Date: about 7 Million Years Ago

An extinct species of hominine, Sahelanthropus tchadensis is one of the oldest known species in the human family tree, potentially close to the divergence of humans and chimpanzees.

Tags: sahelanthropus tchadensis, early hominins, human evolution, paleoanthropology, fossils, miocene, chad

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