Old Stone AgeLife & Evolution Homo naledi c. 300,000 years agoNotable A small-brained human species living in South Africa at the same time as early Homo sapiens. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo naledi Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesBookLee Berger and John HawksAlmost Human ↗Editor's pickBookLee Berger, John Hawks and Agustín FuentesCave of Bones ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeHomo naledi Rising Star cave ↗Editor's pick