Homo habilis (lit. 'handy man') is an extinct species of archaic human from the Early Pleistocene of East and South Africa about 2.4 million years ago to 1.4 million years ago (mya).

2025年1月10日 · 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 (from Latin homō 'human') is a genus of great ape (family Hominidae) that emerged from the genus Australopithecus and encompasses only a single extant species, Homo sapiens (modern humans), along with a number of extinct species (collectively called archaic humans) classified as either ancestral or closely related to modern humans; these include Homo …

Homo habilis (Latin: "handy man") is one of the early ancestors of modern man who used primitive stone tools. [1] Their remains have been found in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. [1] They are believed to be about 2 million years old. The flat face and large molars of the Homo habilis resemble the Australopithecus lineage.

The earliest documented representative of the genus Homo is Homo habilis, which evolved around 34] and is arguably the earliest species for which there is positive evidence of the use of stone tools.

Homo habilis, although significantly different of anatomy and physiology, is thought to be the ancestor of Homo ergaster, or African Homo erectus; but it is also known to have coexisted with H. erectus for almost half a million years (until about 1.5 Ma).

2024年1月3日 · H. habilis is one of the earliest members of the genus Homo. Was there a relationship between the origin of this genus and climate change – either with an increased period of climatic fluctuations, or major episodes of global cooling and drying leading to the spread of C4 grasslands? First paper: Leakey, L.S.B., Tobias, P.V., Napier, J.R., 1964.

There has been a gradual increase in brain volume as humans progressed along the timeline of evolution (see Homininae), starting from about 600 cm 3 in Homo habilis up to 1500 cm 3 in Homo neanderthalensis. Thus, in general there's a positive correlation between brain volume and intelligence. [4] .

2023年3月8日 · Homo habilis ("handy man") is an extinct species of human that lived in East and South Africa between 2.3 and 1.5 million years ago and plays an interesting role in the discussion surrounding the dawn of our genus of Homo, which is thought to have first appeared around 2.5 million years ago.

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. Who discovered Homo habilis and where was it found?