Their species name is well known, but until recently we’ve understood very little for certain about Homo habilis. Columnist ...

Simulations of Australopithecus hominins’ anatomy suggest that when they gave birth, they may have exerted tremendous pressure on their pelvic floors, putting them at risk of tearing ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists now recognize more than a dozen species in the Homo genus. So what, exactly, was the first human species? The answer, ...

Discovered in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge, Homo habilis lived between 2.3 and 1.65 million years ago. Known as the “Handy Man,” this species made crude stone tools and bridged the gap between ...

A new study of early human ancestors who lived millions of years ago suggests that they were largely vegetarian, despite the fact that stone tools and cut animal bones have been found from that same ...

Far up in the Ethiopian highlands, the resounding strike of stone against stone was probably a familiar one two million years ago. Ancient hominids chipped away to create simple tools: hammerstones ...

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