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.

Homo habilis, which actually means "handy man," is apparently the first species to make and use primitive stone tools. About five feet tall and weighing 100 pounds, H. habilis had a brain that was ...

Even today, many anthropologists are loathe to accept H. habilis into the immediate family. Its features are too ape-like, ...