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2-million-year-old Homo habilis skeleton proves the first humans didn’t look like us

Modern humans are the latest in a long line of creatures belonging to the Homo genus, although until now we knew relatively ...
Ancient Origins

Earliest Homo Looked Nothing Like A Human, Skeleton Suggests

In the technical description, the authors emphasize that the skeleton includes clavicle and shoulder-blade fragments, both upper arms, both forearms, plus part of the sacrum and hip bones - rare ...
Yahoo

Early humans were prey, not predators, study finds

For decades, textbooks painted a dramatic picture of early humans as tool-using hunters who rose quickly to the top of the food chain. The tale was that Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...
Inverse

An Ancient Hominid Jaw Bone Is Revealing New Clues About Early Human Toolmakers

Far up in the Ethiopian highlands, the resounding strike of stone against stone was probably a familiar one two million years ago. Ancient hominids chipped away to create simple tools: hammerstones ...
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Evolution of stone tool culture (IMAGE)

Chimpanzees make use of cobbles to break nuts, but they do not modify them. Homo habilis was one of the earliest hominin species that intentionally modified cobbles to manufacture the crude, Mode One ...
SFGate

AI reveals which predators chewed ancient humans’ bones – challenging ideas on which ‘Homo’ species was the first tool-using hunter

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Rice University (THE CONVERSATION) Almost 2 million years ...
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2-million-year-old fossil may be the oldest example of an early human

An international research team has announced the most complete fossil yet of Homo habilis (aka 'the handy man') – one of the ...