For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

The pair belonged to the species Homo habilis, an extinct hominin that’s one of the earliest representatives of the same genus as our species, Homo. They first appeared in East Africa around 2.4 ...

In this video, discover Homo habilis, the first species in the Homo genus and a key figure in human evolution. Delve into whether Homo habilis should be classified as a human species or more ...

Found in 1968 at Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge, Twiggy, or OH 24, is one of the oldest Homo habilis skulls. The skull, which was flattened over time, was not immediately recognized as a crucial find.

Anatomically speaking, it was also relatively similar to H. habilis, although fossil evidence shows the species had a notably bigger skull.

What We Know About Homo Habilis 'Homo habilis' lived at least 2 million years ago in parts of Africa. Learn why experts still aren't sure if this was the first ancient human to exist.

A tiny skull discovered in the remote depths of the Rising Star cave in Johannesburg, South Africa is the first evidence of a Homo naledia child ever found. A team of international researchers led ...

First, the braincase of the skull was quite big. The other existing H. habilis specimens had brains around 500 cubic centimeters; H. rudolfensis had a cranium that would have accommodated about 700 ...

First and foremost, the H. erectus skull cap, named DNH 134, is now the oldest evidence we have of this species—arguably the most successful human group to have ever lived.