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.

But in that short time, we’ve discovered about two dozen species of human ancestors in Europe, Africa, and Asia ... the first evidence of the species Homo habilis at Olduvai Gorge in the ...