Meet the characters who walk between legend and reality—mortals, immortals, and those who defy easy categorization.
Ardipithecus kadabba
Ardipithecus ramidus
Australopithecus afarensis
Australopithecus africanus
Denisovans
Homo antecessor
Homo erectus
Homo ergaster
Homo floresiensis
Homo habilis
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo sapiens
Kenyanthropus platyops
Orrorin tugenensis
Paranthropus boisei
Sahelanthropus tchadensis
