Homo habilis

Homo habilis, extinct species of human, the most ancient member of the human genus. It inhabited parts of sub-Saharan Africa from roughly 2.4 to 1.5 million years ago. Many of its features appear to be intermediate between the relatively primitive Australopithecus and the more-advanced Homo species.

2.3-1.65 million years ago, Homo habilis

Primal Apes, also known as the Ape Men or Wild Men, were an ancient race of hominid believed to have gone extinct some time after the expulsion of humans from the Garden of Eden. Primal Apes inhabited the Earth long even before the Antediluvian epoch as well as before the arrival of mankind, living alongside dinosaurs as they built primitive civilizations of hundreds of individuals across the globe. They were also said to have inhabited the Earth alongside a host of ancient beings that have…

genus Homo for ~ 2.5 million yrs, with the Homo habilis,the beginning of a long line that leads to us. A successor Homo habilis Homo ergaster -2.3 million yrs, native to Africa, Homo erectus -1.8 million yrs ago in Asia Homo heidelbergensis - 700k yrs, Neanderthal 250k yrs, & Homo sapiens estimated to be between 160k - 200kyrs

Homo erectus usando herramientas.

"A Short History of Flintknapping," with illustrations.

Homo habilis

Homo habilis - KNM-ER 1813 - reconstruction by Sergey Krivoplyasova

Comparison between Homo habilis and Homo erectus - by John Gurche