Ardipithecus

The Emergence of Early Human Communities and the People of the Earth (ca. 5 million B.C.E. - 10,000 B.C.E.) BIG BANG SOLAR SYSTEM AND EARTH LIKELY APPEARANCE OF FIRST HUMAN- LIKE SPECIES ARDIPITECUS RAMIDUS, "ARDI," EARLIEST KNOWN BIPEDAL HOMINIDS AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS, "LUCY" HOMO HABILIS, THE "TOOLMAKER," AND BEGINNING OF THE ICE AGES HOMO ERECTUS AND MIGRATION OUT OF AFRICA HOMO SAPIENS AND LANGUAGE HOMO SAPIENS SAPIENS OR MODERN HUMANS HOMO SPAIENS SAPIENS REMAINS FOUND OVER LARGE AREAS 14 billion years ago 5-6 billion B.C.E. 6 million B.C.E. 4.4 million B.C.E. 3.9 million B.C.E. 2.5 million B.C.E. 1.8 million B.C.E. 400,000 B.C.E. 135,000 B.C.E. 100,000 B.C.E.