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"Handy Man" Reconstruction
Artist: William Munns
The word "habilis" means handy or skillful, and so Homo habilis means "handy man." This species was so named because stone tools have been found near Homo habilis fossils, making this the earliest known stone tool maker. Homo habilis lived in what is now East Africa over 2 million years ago, at the same time as other hominid species. |