H. habilis has been called the oldest known member within the Homo genus, though not without controversy and ongoing debate. By many scientists’ accounts, the species was likely walking upright on ...

Delve into whether Homo habilis should be classified as a human species or more appropriately placed within the Australopithecines. Join us as we explore these fascinating questions, supported by ...

Human evolution had a nice clear line from Lucy 3.2 million years ago to Homo habilis to Homo erectus and finally Homo sapiens -- us. Or so it seemed. A new jawbone shows that humans evolved ...

The Homo genus began approximately 2.3 million years ago with Homo Habilis, the first species in this lineage, which led to modern humans, Homo sapiens sapiens.

Homo habilis first appeared in Africa about 2.5 million years ago, discovered by Louis and Mary Leakey, Richard's parents. Habilis was the first of our ancestors to have a brain bigger than a ...

Homo habilis is one of the earliest known hominids, walking the Earth between 2.1 and 1.5 million years ago. Going back earlier than that, the line between human and ape begins to blur.

A 1.8 million year old skull of a human ancestor buried under a medieval village in Georgia indicates that humans' family tree may have fewer branches than some beleive, scientists say.

About 1.9 million years ago, Homo erectus evolved. This human ancestor not only walked fully upright, but had much larger brains than Homo habilis: nearly twice as large, on average.

It is now clear that three separate species of Homo existed between 2.1 and 1.6 million years ago, although not all simultaneously: H. habilis, H. rudolfensis and H. erectus.

Until now, the oldest fossil attributed to the Homo genus was a 2.3-million-year-old upper jaw from Hadar. The Ledi-Geraru find shows that substantial tooth and jaw changes had already occurred in ...

H. habilis has been called the oldest known member within the Homo genus, though not without controversy and ongoing debate. By many scientists’ accounts, the species was likely walking upright on ...