Orrorin tugenensis is estimated to be about 6 million years old, meaning O. tugenensis lived near the time when genetic analyses suggest our oldest hominid ancestor split from the oldest ancestor of the great apes. Certain features, like the teeth, suggest this species could even be more closely related to Homo sapiens than the many Australopithecus species. The species is considered to have been bipedal. Unfortunately, the suggested relationship between it and Homo sapiens, is extremely speculative.

Orrorin Tugenensis 

Ar. ramidus is considered by some to be the oldest-known hominid. Ar. ramidus shares some novel characteristics with later hominids, including being bipedal and its teeth. As the molars of Ar. ramidus are smaller than those of any of the Australopithecus species. Further evidence, indicates that it may have been a woodland forest dweller. 

(Note: This species has not yet been fully described because some of the specimens have been difficult to extract from the surrounding rock.)

Ardipithecus Ramidus 

Although Kenyanthropus platyops occupied parts of Africa at the same time as A. Afarensis, K. platyops is distinctive physically. The features that distinguish K. platyops from A. Afarensis, include small ear holes, a relatively flat face, and small molars. Some scientists have placed H. rudolfensis specimens in the genus Kenyanthropus. Others ignore Kenyanthropus as a genus altogether, placing K. platyops specimens into the genus Australopithecus, saying that the species is not different enough to warrant its own genus. 

Kenyanthropus Platyops

An unclassified genus is usually a result of limited to scarce information or artificats found to identfy a specific genus:

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Genera in Hominid

 A genus of anthropoid apes consisting of orangutans

Pongo Classification

A genus of primates for the largest of apes. The gorilla is one of the closest living relatives to humans.

Gorilla Classification

 The genus Pan consists of two species: the chimpanzee and the bonobo.

Pan Classification 

Unclassified Genus 

The genus Homo has never been clearly defined, but includes modern day humans and other extinct species closely related to humans.

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