A rare Homo habilis skeleton from Kenya reveals how early humans moved, climbed, and adapted more than two million years ago.

An international research team has unveiled a significant discovery in human paleontology: an exceptionally well-preserved Homo habilis skeleton dating back more than 2 million years.

An international research team reports an unusually well-preserved Homo habilis skeleton that dates to just over 2 million ...

In the technical description, the authors emphasize that the skeleton includes clavicle and shoulder-blade fragments, both upper arms, both forearms, plus part of the sacrum and hip bones - rare ...

"Our analysis required well-preserved upper and lower limb bones from the same individual, something very rare in the fossil record." The research team first had a look at Lucy's bone structure during ...

Learn about the most complete Homo habilis fossil ever found, and how this fossil is changing what we know about human ...

While it shares features with modern humans, H. habilis also has traits that would have given it an advantage in climbing ...

Since the discovery of the fossil 42 years ago this month, paleontologists have debated whether the 3.2 million-year-old human ancestor, dubbed Lucy, spent all of her time walking on the ground or ...

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