Homo habilis, known as a "handyman," is a species of the genus Homo that lived about 2.33 million to 1.4 million years before the Gelasian Pleistocene.
What is Homo Habilis literally?
The name means "convenient person" and was named in 1964 because this species was thought to represent the first manufacturer of stone tools. Today, the oldest stone tools are slightly older than the oldest evidence of the genus Homo. 2021
Is Homo Habilis the same as Homo sapiens?
Modern humans are Homo sapiens, but Homo habilis was a species that lived 2.2 to 1.6 million years ago.
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