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.

Between 2 million and 3 million years ago, humans appeared in Africa — but identifying them in the fossil record is turning ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. Homo habilis is a paradoxical species. On the one hand, ...

Homo habilis is explored as one of the earliest species in the Homo genus, dating to roughly 2.3 million years ago. Fossils from East Africa and associated stone tool evidence are used to explain its ...