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Comparative table of Homo lineages
Lineages Temporal range
(kya)
Habitat Adult height Adult mass Cranial capacity
(cm3)
Fossil record Discovery Publication
of name
H. habilis
membership in Homo uncertain
2,100–1,500[a][b] Tanzania 110–140 cm (3 ft 7 in – 4 ft 7 in) 33–55 kg (73–121 lb) 510–660 Many 1960 1964
H. rudolfensis
membership in Homo uncertain
1,900 Kenya 700 2 sites 1972 1986
H. gautengensis
also classified as H. habilis
1,900–600 South Africa 100 cm (3 ft 3 in) 3 individuals[3][c] 2010 2010
H. erectus 1,900–140[4][d][5][e] Africa, Eurasia 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 60 kg (130 lb) 850 (early) – 1,100 (late) Many[f][g] 1891 1892
H. ergaster
African H. erectus
1,800–1,300[7] East and Southern Africa 700–850 Many 1949 1975
H. antecessor 1,200–800 Western Europe 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 1,000 2 sites 1994 1997
H. heidelbergensis
early H. neanderthalensis
600–300[h] Europe, Africa 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 1,100–1,400 Many 1907 1908
H. cepranensis
a single fossil, possibly H. heidelbergensis
c. 450[8] Italy 1,000 1 skull cap 1994 2003
H. longi 309–138[9] Northeast China 1,420[10] 1 individual 1933 2021
H. rhodesiensis
early H. sapiens
c. 300 Zambia 1,300 Single or very few 1921 1921
H. naledi c. 300[11] South Africa 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) 45 kg (99 lb) 450 15 individuals 2013 2015
H. sapiens
(anatomically modern humans)
c. 300–present[i] Worldwide 150–190 cm (4 ft 11 in – 6 ft 3 in) 50–100 kg (110–220 lb) 950–1,800 (extant) —— 1758
H. neanderthalensis
240–40[14][j] Europe, Western Asia 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) 55–70 kg (121–154 lb)
(heavily built)
1,200–1,900 Many 1829 1864
H. floresiensis
classification uncertain
190–50 Indonesia 100 cm (3 ft 3 in) 25 kg (55 lb) 400 7 individuals 2003 2004
Nesher Ramla Homo
classification uncertain
140–120 Israel several individuals 2021
H. tsaichangensis
possibly H. erectus or Denisova
c. 100[k] Taiwan 1 individual 2008(?) 2015
H. luzonensis
c. 67[17][18] Philippines 3 individuals 2007 2019
Denisova hominin 40 Siberia 2 sites 2000
2010[l]