When paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey discovered the 1.8 million-year-old Homo habilis in 1964, it was thought to be our first human ancestor. Because of its close proximity to stone tools, Homo ...

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.

Louis S.B. Leakey, alongside co-authors Phillip Tobias and John Napier, published the first paper on H. habilis in Nature in 1964.. That work addressed three key elements to meet the definition of ...

The study by The Australian National University (ANU) found Homo floresiensis, dubbed "the hobbits" due to their small stature, were most likely a sister species of Homo habilis-- one of the ...

Habilis was once thought to be the first hominid to use tools, but evidence now suggests that tool use may somewhat predate its run. Homo erectus had bodies much like those of modern humans.

The discovery of a new human ancestor could fundamentally change our understanding of how we evolved.. Homo naledi, found in a remote cave chamber in South Africa, has a combination of features ...

Homo erectus arose around 2 million years ago and moved from Africa to regions of Asia and Europe, with the last individuals dying out around 100,000 years ago, said Potts.

Fifty years ago, our understanding of human origins began to change with the discovery of Lucy, a remarkably complete, 3.2-million-year-old human relative unearthed from the sandy soil in Hadar ...

In a discovery that rewrites our understanding of human evolution, scientists have unearthed extraordinarily rare fossils on the Indonesian island of Flores, including an adult limb bone so tiny it ...