Question

The oldest species of hominid/human is how old?

Answer 1

Oldest human species was Dryopithecus or Shivapithecus.Species of Dryopithecus were present on this earth approximately 15 million years ago.

Fossils of dryopithecus species were discovered from the Myocene rocks of Africa.

Dryopithecus were more Ape like.

Theese were identified by the Fossil record.Developemnt of human starts from Africa and asia.

After Dryopithecus,fossils of Ramapithecus were identified from asia in 10-15 million years ago.These are the human like pre primate.These were identified by G.E.levis.Thses also known as the Shivapithecus because the fossils of shivapithecus were collected from Shiwalik hill from india and it's a genus of extinct apes.

After Ramapithecus, Australopithecus were identified approximately 2-5 million years ago and these were identified by the Remond dort.capability of the Australopithecians brain was 450-600 ml.

After Australopithecus,fossils of Homo habilis were identified almost 2 million years ago and these are the tool maker.

After Homo habilis,fossils of Homo erectus were identified almost 1.5 million years ago.These are known as Pithecanthropus or human being.These fossils were identified by Dubois in 1891.these was extinct primates.

After the Homo erectus,fossils of Neandarthals were identified almost 40,000 years ago.These are extinct species.And the reason of extinction was competition.Fossils were collected from Germany.These humans lived in caves.

After Neanderthal species fossils of Cro-magnon humans were lived in Europe and fossils found approximately 30,000 years ago.Gregory proposed the subspecies name Homo sapiens cro-magnonensis in 1921 for this Cro-magnon fossils group.Face of this human being is like Orthognatus.

Cro-magnon humans were changed in Homo sapiens sapiens.These are known as the "living modern man" and today they are present in all over the world.These are known as very wise species who living on this earth and these are the only extant species. And reported approximately 10,000 years ago.