Thursday, September 24, 2009

Homo habilis


  • a.k.a. "the Handy Man"
  • First stone tools - very primitive
  • Scavengers (ate bone marrow)
  • Had human and apelike features
  • Lived in groups
  • Larger brain
  • Smaller teeth
  • More parabolic (wider) mouth
  • Lighter brow ridges
  • 4 - 4 1/2 feet tall
  • Lived about 1.5 to 2 million years ago

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