Hominids - Graphic

Since I'm talking about various Homos, I thought I'd repost this graphic from 2006. I don't know how accurate it is, but I've been referring to it.

Below is an illustration and caption from Australia's news site The Age.

1. HOMO HABILIS ~ NICKNAME: Handyman. LIVED: 2.4 to 1.6 million years ago. HABITAT: Tropical Africa. DIET: Omnivorous – nuts, seeds, tubers, fruits, some meat.
   
2. HOMO SAPIEN ~ NICKNAME: Human. LIVED: 200,000 years ago to present. HABITAT: All. DIET: Omnivorous - meat, vegetables, tubers, nuts, pizza, sushi.
   
3. HOMO FLORESIENSIS ~ NICKNAME: Hobbit. LIVED: 95,000 to 13,000 years ago. HABITAT: Flores, Indonesia (tropical). DIET: Omnivorous - meat included pygmy stegodon, giant rat.
   
4. HOMO ERECTUS ~ NICKNAME: Erectus. LIVED: 1.8 million years to 100,000 years ago. HABITAT: Tropical to temperate - Africa, Asia, Europe. DIET: Omnivorous - meat, tubers, fruits, nuts.
   
5. PARANTHROPUS BOISEI ~ NICKNAME: Nutcracker man. LIVED: 2.3 to 1.4 million years ago. HABITAT: Tropical Africa. DIET: Omnivorous - nuts, seeds, leaves, tubers, fruits, maybe some meat.
   
6. HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS ~ NICKNAME: Goliath. LIVED: 700,000 to 300,000 years ago. HABITAT: Temperate and tropical, Africa and Europe. DIET: Omnivorous - meat, vegetables, tubers, nuts.
   
7. HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS ~ NICKNAME: Neanderthal. LIVED: 250,000 to 30,000 years ago. HABITAT: Europe and Western Asia. DIET: Relied heavily on meat, such as bison, deer and musk ox.

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