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The PEDIGREE of
Orrorin tugenensis

    Note: Links shown among hominids are based loosely on the reconstruction by John Croft.

Born:  6.3 M BC


 Children:         Ardipithecus kadabba   ;   poss. Chimpanzee (& Bonobo)
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/-- Subclass of Therial Mammals   +====> [ 55]
/-- Infraclass [McKenna] of Placental Mammals
/-- Cohort of Epitherials
/-- Subcohort [McKenna] Carnivora-Archonta-Ungulata
/-- Broad Clade of Archonta (Bat-Ape) and Ungulata (Rat-Beast-Whale)
/-- Clade [McKenna] Archonta (Chiroptera-Dermoptera-Primata)
/   | OR: prob. Subcohort [Biochem] (P) Glire-Euarchonta   +====> [ 59]
/-- Clade (P) Euarchonta
/-- Primates, Order (P) of  (55 M BC - ?)
/-- Suborder of Anthropoid Primates  (40 M BC - ?)
/-- Infraorder of Apes  (24? M BC - ?)
/-- Superfamily of Great Apes  (14 M BC - ?)
/-- Clade of Hominid & Gorilla  (10 M BC - ?)
/-- Family of Hominids (Sahelanthropus tchadensis)  (7 M BC - ?)
/  
- Orrorin tugenensis
 

  (poss.) ``3-Great Grandchild:''        Homo erectus
  (poss.) ``9-Great Grandchildren:''        Man of the Aurignacian toolkit   ;   First Speaker of Middle Congo-Asian
 

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