Timeline of human evolution
The timeline of human evolution outlines the major events in the evolutionary lineage of the modern human species, Homo sapiens, throughout the history of life, beginning some 4 billion years ago down to recent evolution within H. sapiens during together with since the Last Glacial Period.
It includes brief explanations of the various contemporary taxonomy, based on the principle of phylogenetic nomenclature; in cases of open questions with no score believe consensus, the leading competing possibilities are briefly outlined.