In this video, discover Homo habilis, the first species in the Homo genus and a key figure in human evolution. Delve into whether Homo habilis should be classified as a human species or more ...

The extinct species Homo floresiensis has long puzzled experts. A new analysis offers clues to the mystery of this tiny oddball’s place on the human family tree.

Homo habilis lived 2.4 million to 1.4 million years ago, and Homo erectus lived 1.89 million to 110,000 years ago. Previously, scientists thought these early humans had brains much like modern humans.

On top of Homo sapiens, at least eight other species of our genus have walked Earth: Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis, Homo erectus, Homo antecessor, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo naledi, Homo ...

An illustration of the Homo erectus child with her mother in the Ethiopian highlands, two million years ago Diego Rodríguez Robredo Archaeologists are rewriting the story of an early human child ...

Gods came from the human brain (Torrey, 2017). Two million years ago, Homo habilis skulls show a significant increase in brain size and probably an increase in overall intelligence and skills.

What We Know About Homo Habilis 'Homo habilis' lived at least 2 million years ago in parts of Africa. Learn why experts still aren't sure if this was the first ancient human to exist.

Originally, the skull was attributed to the species Homo habilis, the earliest-known member of the human genus. There were a few problems with this, though. First, the braincase of the skull was quite ...

A team of archaeologists recently applied high-tech engineering tests to stone tools, and the results suggest that even very early members of our genus, like Homo habilis, knew how to select rocks ...