A partial skeleton dating back more than two million years is the most complete yet of Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...

Scientists have revealed the most complete skeleton yet of our 2 million-year-old ancestor Homo habilis.

Modern humans are the latest in a long line of creatures belonging to the Homo genus, although until now we knew relatively ...

A rare Homo habilis skeleton from Kenya reveals how early humans moved, climbed, and adapted more than two million years ago.

An international research team has announced the most complete fossil yet of Homo habilis (aka 'the handy man') – one of the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Scientists now recognize more than a dozen species in the Homo genus. So what, exactly, was the ...

An international research team has unveiled a significant discovery in human paleontology: an exceptionally well-preserved ...

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.

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 ...

That has all happened within the last 150 years. When the Australopithecus were finally done with 2 million years of gathering, Homo habilis came along. These handy men and women had the ability to ...