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.

A long-standing question about when archaic members of the genus Homo adapted to harsh environments ... "We reveal how early humans -- known as hominins -- were able to thrive under harsh ...

A new study of early human ancestors who lived millions of years ... For example, he wonders about Homo habilis, an extinct human species that lived about two million years ago. "It would be great to ...

Considering how long humans have been on Earth ... the first evidence of the species Homo habilis at Olduvai Gorge in the 1960s, and Lucy’s 3-million-year-old bones demonstrating bipedalism ...

2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a ... Nov. 13, 2024 — A new study finds ...

More than a million years ago, long before our species Homo sapiens emerged, early humans adapted to desert-like conditions. Kaplan was a co-author of the findings published Thursday in the ...

Ancient Desert Dwellers Findings published by an international research team in Nature Communications Earth & Environment report that our early human relative, Homo erectus, lived in arid terrains in ...

It highlights the adaptability of early humans like Homo erectus to these challenging conditions. Dietary adaptation clues: Stable isotope analysis of herbivore tooth enamel suggests that Homo ...

Some propose they descended from Homo erectus, an early human ancestor known for migrating ... more primitive hominin such as Homo habilis or Australopithecus afarensis. “It’s clear from ...

Homo sapiens. H. erectus persisted for more than 1.5 million years before going extinct around 100,000 years ago. It was one of the first early human species to migrate out of Africa, traveling to ...