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Toumai is the nickname given to the first fossil remains of Sahelanthropus tchadensis to be discovered.
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What name was given to the oldest hominid skeleton?
Sahelanthropus tchadensis nicknamed Toumai. There is a link below for more information on Toumai.
Location . On what continent was the earliest fossil evidence of humans found?
The oldest fossils of early hominids have been found in AFRICA. (most common place for hominids to live in the Paleolithic. Mesolithic, and Neolithic Stone Age periods) The Gauteng (aka Cradle of Human-kind) province has findings of most of the findings in the world. Sterkfontein, a series of limestone caves in Africa, is the area where more than 1/3 of the oldest hominid fossils were discovered. Also in 2001, a group of French people found what they believe to be the remains of the earliest human, Toumai, aged around 7 million years old, in the Chadian Desert of Africa. The debate surrounding this had yet to be resolved.
When were humans first around?
The first record of a hominid is debatable either between 6-7 million years ago (Toumai fossil from Chad) or 3-4 million years ago (well know Lucy fossil). The more human-like neanderthals are on record from about 350,000-30,000 years ago, archaic Homo sapiens are on record from about 500,000-200,000 years ago, and modern Homo sapiens (us) from about 120,000 years ago to present.
