Illustration
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| A.afarensis |
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| A. africanus |
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| early Homo |
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| H. erectus |
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| H. sapiens |
| Skulls, drawings by Darwen Hennings © Wadsworth Publishing Company. |
| Early hominids had smaller brains and larger faces than species belonging to the genus, Homo, including our own species, Homo sapiens. White parts of the skull are reconstructions, and the skulls are not all on the same scale. |