Earliest hominins (Sahelanthropus)
Primeros homininos (Sahelanthropus)
- Date
- c. 7 Ma · confidence medium
- Place
- Toros-Menalla, Djurab Desert, Chad
- Credited to
- Natural event
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
The Toumaï skull, about seven million years old, is the oldest candidate hominin: close to the split between our lineage and that of chimpanzees.
Planetary event (F5), verified against sources on 25-09-2026.
What it led to
- Bipedalism