Hominid evolution isn't so difficult in general lines:
Early hominoids in Eurasia lived in coastal forests along the Tethys Ocean. After the Mesopotamian Seaway closure c 15 Ma,
- pongids (E) followed the Ind.Ocean coasts-rivers-lakes,
e.g. Siva-Gigantopith...
- hominids (W) followed the Tethys=Med.Sea coasts-rivers-lakes,
e.g. Oreo-Graeco-Dryopith...
Hominids colonized the incipient Red Sea:
Praeanthropus-Gorilla after c 8 Ma colonized the incipient Rift,
e.g. Pliocene afarensis -> early-Pleist.boisei.
When the Red Sea opened c 5 Ma,
- Australopithecus-Pan (W) followed the E.Afr.coasts-rivers-lakes,
e.g. Pliocene africanus -> early-Pleist.robustus (Gorilla//Pan),
- Pliocene Homo (E) followed the S-Asian coasts -> H.erectus at Java etc.
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