'The sweet illusion of time'. Yes! I agree. It is the illusion of time that is confusing people and the timeline drawn for us is completely
false. But what the reality is could well be more fascinating than we can begin to imagine.
A couple of links that may give some, more to think about, especially regarding what constitutes man and a timeline.
www.bbc.co.uk... Ape feet still to be found today in human beings.
news.bbc.co.uk... www.bbc.co.uk... Originally determined to be between 1.78 and 1.95 million years old, new analysis has narrowed
this window to between 1.977 and 1.98 million years old.
There is also some explanation of where these findings have come from.
There is obviously a long way to go before we know how we came to be.
It is apparent that humans have Neanderthal traits and as well is there another hominid we share traits with whose name escapes me. I feel it is
possible that humans initially developed as a hybrid, unable to reproduce and that changed about 250,000 years ago.