Eastern Africa


Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa is home to the African Rift Valley, and the series of lakes and gorges that come with it. Because of its unique, yet ideal, geological conditions, Eastern Africa is looked on by many as the paleoanthropology's hot spot. Of all the world's regions, Eastern Africa provides us with the greatest diversity of fossil hominids.

	Hominids found in Eastern Africa: *Ardipithecus ramidus* *Australopithecus anamensis* *Australopithecus afarensis* *Kenyanthropus platyops* *Australopithecus garhi* *Paranthropus boiseii* *Paranthropus aethiopicus* *Homo habilis* *Homo rudolfensis* *Homo ergaster* *Homo heidelbergensis* *Homo sapiens*


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A. ramidus ~ A. anamensis ~ A. afarensis ~ A. africanus ~ A. gahri ~ A. bahrelghazali ~ P. boisei ~ P. aethiopicus ~ P. robustus ~ H. habilis ~ H. rudolfensis ~ H. erectus ~ H. ergaster ~ H. antecessor ~ H. heidelbergensis ~ H. neanderthalensis ~ H. sapiens
Southern Africa ~ Eastern Africa ~ North Central Africa ~ Asia ~ Europe/Northwestern Africa

Steven Heslip ~ 2001 ~ heslipst@msu.edu