Early Humans By strawberrydog32 Period: 38 BCE to 30 BCE Australopithecus Afarensis Period: 21 BCE to 16 BCE Homo Habilis Period: 20 BCE to 2 BCE Homo Erectus Period: 12 BCE to 2 BCE Homo Heidelbergensis Period: 4 BCE to 1 BCE Homo Neanderthalensis Period: 3 BCE to 1 CE Homo Sapiens