homo habilis
- n extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics
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- Complete skull from early Homo evokes a single, evolving lineage
( American Association for the Advancement of Science ) The analysis of a complete, approximately 1.8-million-year-old hominid skull from Dmanisi, Georgia, suggests that the earliest members of the Homo genus -- those classified as Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis, and Homo erectus, for example -- actually belonged to the same species and simply looked different from one another.
Oct. 17, 2013 - EurekAlert! - An Incredible New Skull Is Forcing Us To Rethink The Evolution Of Early Humans
Researchers have traditionally used differences among fossilized remains of ancient humans to define separate species among the earliest members of our Homo genus — Homo erectus, Homo habilis, and Homo rudolfensis, for example.
Oct. 17, 2013 - Business Insider - Hominid Skull Spurs Radical Rewrite of Human Evolution
Our family tree may have just lost a few branches. A complete skull found in the Eurasian country of Georgia could be evidence that early hominids are actually all members of a single species. The view challenges long-held ideas about human evolution and could upend decades of classifying early hominids into different species, such as Homo erectus, Homo rudolfensis and Homo habilis. Researchers ...
Oct. 17, 2013 - Discover