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Homo habilis (lit. 'handy man') is an extinct species of archaic human from the Early Pleistocene of East and South Africa about 2.3 million years ago to 1.65 million years ago .
Homo habilis, extinct species of human, the most ancient member of the human genus. It inhabited parts of sub-Saharan Africa from roughly 2.4 to 1.5 million years ago. Many of its features appear to be intermediate between the relatively primitive Australopithecus and the more-advanced Homo species.
Homo habilis is one of the earliest members of the Homo genus. Initially believed to be the first maker of stone tools, its discovery in 1960 created a continuing controversy around what characteristics make us human. Homo habilis facts. Lived: from about 2.0 to 1.6 million years ago. Where: eastern and southern Africa.
3 sty 2024 · Was H. habilis on the evolutionary lineage that evolved into later species of Homo and even perhaps our species, Homo sapiens? Are H. habilis and Homo rudolfensis indeed different species, or are they part of a single, variable species?
19 wrz 2024 · Homo erectus, extinct species of the human genus (Homo), maybe an ancestor of modern humans (H. sapiens). H. erectus, apparently the first human species to control fire, likely originated in Africa and dispersed quickly through Africa, Europe, and South and Southeast Asia starting about 1.9 million years ago.
From Toumai the Sahelanthropus tchadensis to our species, Homo sapiens – the only one still around –, via Lucy the Australopithecus afarensis, Homo habilis the first craftsman, Homo erectus the explorer, and the Man of Spy, a Belgian Homo neanderthalensis, in between; this virtual exhibition reveals what they looked like.
Homo habilis arose at a time when there is a relative gap in the fossil record (between 2 and 3 million years ago). This makes it difficult to determine where it came from or how it is related to the earlier australopithecines. More fossil evidence is needed to resolve this issue.
