Table 1.
Hominin species since the beginning of the Pleistocene, following Wood (2017)
| Species | Category |
|---|---|
| Homo sapiens | Anatomically modern Homo |
| H. neanderthalensis | Premodern Homo |
| H. heidelbergensis | Premodern Homo |
| Denisovans | Premodern Homo |
| H. naledi | Premodern Homo |
| H. rhodesiensis | Premodern Homo |
| H. antecessor | Premodern Homo |
| Dmanisi | Premodern Homo |
| H. ergaster | Premodern Homo |
| H. erectus | Premodern Homo |
| H. florsiensis | Premodern Homo |
| H. habilis | Transitional hominins |
| H. rudolfensis | Transitional hominins |
| Australopithecus africanus | Archaic hominins |
| Au. sediba | Archaic hominins |
| Paranthropus robustus | Megadont and hyper‐megadont archaic hominids |
| Au. garhi | Megadont and hyper‐megadont archaic hominids |
| P. boisei | Megadont and hyper‐megadont archaic hominids |
| P. aethiopicus | Megadont and hyper‐megadont archaic hominids |