Traditionally, only human ancestors were placed in the family Hominidae (and thereby referred to as hominids ... A.T. Variations within Homo habilis. In Hominidae: Proceedings of the 2nd ...

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.

leading paleoanthropologists to infer that these fossils represent early members of the hominin lineage. The first human-like traits to appear in the hominin fossil record are bipedal walking and ...

Researchers believe that members of the human family - hominids - and African apes ... 2.5 million years ago a more recent ancestor - Homo habilis or 'man, the toolmaker' appears to have evolved.

The hominids evolved and branched into at least twelve distinct species. Today, only one kind of hominid remains: Homo sapiens sapiens ... day six year old. (Early hominids, such as the ...