Homo habilis has long been considered the earliest member of the human genus, known for its association with early stone ...

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As more and more fossil ancestors have been found, our genus has become more and more inclusive, incorporating more members that look less like us, Homo sapiens. By getting to know these other ...

Homo habilis ("handy man") is an extinct species of archaic human from the Early Pleistocene of East and South Africa about 2.3–1.65 million years ago (mya). Upon species description in 1964, H.

The phrase "family bush" doesn't trip off the tongue the way "family tree" does, but anyone talking about human evolution had better get used to it. For years, scientists who study human origins have ...

If you had to guess which tool-inventing ancestor Kubrick was going for in 2001, the safest bet would be Homo habilis, an Eve from roughly two million years ago. The face looks right. The behaviour ...

The first early human ancestors to leave Africa were scrawny little creatures that walked more like apes, according to a new study that is challenging existing theories on the origin of our species.

Walking upright allowed habilis to start developing craftwork skills. Carpentry or stone sculpting requires very precise hand-to-eye co-ordination. Skills like these need well developed motor-neurone ...