Homo Habilis: The Handy Man? Homo habilis, first discovered in 1960 by the Leakey team in Olduvai Gorge, is proposed to be one of the earliest human ancestors. Estimated to have existed between 2.4 and 1.5 million years ago, habilis lived in Africa. Specimens have been uncovered in multiple present-day African countries including Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Africa. Louis Leakey, John Napier, and Phillip Tobias subjected their specimen to intense study, finally announcing in January…
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