The first hominids

2. THE FIRST HOMINIDS - The oldest remains of hominids have been found in Africa.

- Scientists believe that the ancesors of all human beings originally lived in Africa.

- Fossil remains of the earliest hominids were found in several sites in the Rift Valley in East Africa. Some hominids lived in africa more than 4 million years ago.

- Later, there were several Wves of migration from Africa to Europe and Asia.

- The remains of Homo antecesor found at Atapuerca (Burgos) are the oldest on the Iberian Peninsula.

- Summarising, hominids firs appeared in East Africa and from thee they colonised the rest of the planet. During the process they evolved into human beings we see today.