As a footprint believed to date back more than 900,000 years and linked to our ancestors was discovered on a beach, we look at how man has evolved from millions of years ago
12:34PM GMT 07 Feb 2014
6 million years ago – The human lineage split from chimpanzees, our closest known relatives
3.8 – 3 million years ago - Australopithecus afarensis, an early hominid - a term used to describe early humans - which walked on two legs, lived in eastern Africa. The species was similar to apes in terms of brain size, diet and biology.
2.2 million years ago - Homo habilis lived in Africa and had a short body, with ape-like arms, as well as large brain.
1.8 million years ago – Homo erectus, the oldest known species to have a human-like body, left Africa. This species had fairly modern features, with a brain 60 to 70 per cent of the size of a human.
1 million years ago - Primitive human ancestors arrive in Europe
900,000 years ago – Species related to Homo antecessor or Pioneer Man, believed to have lived after a footprint was found on a beach in Norfolk.
400,000-600,000 years ago – Neanderthals appeared, and existed in western Eurasia from about 200,000 years ago. They are believed to have overlapped with humans between 50,000 and 30,000 years ago in western Eurasia, and had slightly larger brains than humans.
195,000 years ago – Homo sapiens, believed to be the most closely related to modern man, appear in Africa
40,000 years ago - Homo sapiens arrived in Europe
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