Humans 100,000 years ago were as tall as around 5 ft 9 inches for males and for females around 100,000 years ago they were around 5 foot 2 inches tall.
Some early human species such as Homo erectus may also have been tall, by 100,000 years ago and our species which is Homo sapiens have also largely reached their current stature.
The oldest known human remains are Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and are remains of Homo sapiens which is our own species and are dated to be around 315,000 years old.
The fossils push back the origins of our species by 100,000 years early than was previously thought.
Also among the oldest known human remains of Homo sapiens are also those found at the Omo-Kibish I archaeological site in south-western Ethiopia, dating to about 233,000 to 196,000 years ago, the Florisbad Skull founded at the Florisbad archaeological and paleontological site in South Africa, dating to about 259,000 years ago.
The oldest known hominin species is Sahelanthropus tchadensis who lived around 7 million to 6 million years ago in West Central Africa "Chad".
Sahelanthropus tchadensis exhibits a mix of ape like and human like features, which suggest that Sahelanthropus tchadensis may have been an early bipedal ancestor.
Fossil evidence places Sahelanthropus tchadensis between 7 and 6 million years ago, making it the earliest known hominin species.
The location of the foramen magnum (the opening where the spinal cord connects to the skull) suggests that Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright, a key characteristic of hominins.
Sahelanthropus tchadensis, had a smaller brain size than modern humans, and it is also possessed features such as small canine teeth and a short middle face, which are also more human like.
Another hominin species that was found is Lucy the first human and early human ancestor is an extinct hominin species which lived between 3.8 million to 2.9 million years ago and is classified as Australopithecus afarensis.
Lucy who was a famous early human ancestor was around 3.5 feet tall and was a member of the species of Australopithecus afarensis.
Lucy the famous early human ancestors remains were discovered in Ethiopia in 1974.
Lucy the first human and early human ancestor is an extinct hominin species which lived between 3.8 million to 2.9 million years ago and is classified as Australopithecus afarensis.
The fossils of Lucy were found in Hadar, Ethiopia, by paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson and his team and she weighed around 60 lbs.
The skeletal structure of Lucy, most particularly her femurs and hips, indicates that Lucy walked upright on 2 legs like us modern humans do.
And although Lucy, the first human was bipedal, Lucy also possessed features which suggest that she was also able to climb up trees.
Australopithecus afarensis is an extinct species of australopithecine which lived from about 3.9–2.9 million years ago in the Pliocene of East Africa.
The first fossils of Australopithecus afarensis were discovered in the 1930s, but major fossil finds would not take place until the 1970s.