Homo habilis
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Homo habilis is an extinct species of archaic human from the Early Pleistocene of East and South Africa about 2.4 million years ago to 1.65 million years ago. It is among the oldest species of archaic
KNM-ER 1813 reconstructed skull and jaw
Cast of the type specimen OH 7
OH 8, bearing crocodile tooth marks
OH 13 mandible compared to other hominin species
Homo erectus
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Homo erectus is an extinct species of archaic human from the Pleistocene, spanning nearly 2 million years. It is the first human species to evolve a humanlike body plan and gait, to leave Africa and c
Homo habilis
…as time went on and more relevant discoveries were made. By the 1980s, H. habilis was proposed to have been a human ancestor, directly evolving into Homo erectus, which directly led to modern humans. This viewpoint is now debated. Several specimens with insecure species identification were assigned to H. habilis…
Java Man holotype
In 1868, Ernst Haeckel suggested early humans dispersed from the now-disproven hypothetical continent "Lemuria".
Artistic depiction of a group of Homo erectus georgicus, based on early hominin discoveries from Dmanisi.
H. e. georgicus (above) represents one of the earliest dispersals out of Africa about 1.8 million years ago.