Sentences with phrase «habilis on»
Put Homo habilis on the subway, and «people would probably move to the other end of the car».
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It was practiced by some of our earliest ancestors, such as Homo habilis and the even older Australopithecus garhi, who walked on two legs, but whose facial features and brain size were closer to those of apes.
Homo habilis could have learned to make the Oldowan tool on his or her own, much as wild chimps use sticks to fish for termites.
Intriguingly, the team hints that A. sediba might even be more closely related to H. erectus than H. habilis is, thus potentially relegating H. habilis to a side branch of the family tree, rather than a coveted spot on the line leading to us.
David Frayer, KU professor emeritus of anthropology, is lead author on a recent study published in the Journal of Evolution that found striations on teeth of a Homo habilis fossil 1.8 million years old moved from left to right, indicating the earliest evidence in the fossil record for right - handedness.
By examining striations on teeth of a Homo habilis fossil, a new discovery led by a University of Kansas researcher has found the earliest evidence for right - handedness in the fossil record dating back 1.8 million years.
Based on the direction of the marks, it's evident the Homo habilis was right - handed.
It was practiced by some of our earliest ancestors, such as Homo habilis and the even olderAustralopithecus garhi, who walked on two legs, but whose facial features and brain size were closer to those of apes.
Science writer Ann Gibbons summarizes these questions and provides a good opportunity not only to read her article in Science but also visit the Homo habilis essay elsewhere on this website and become reacquainted with these questions.
May 16, 1995: Version 3 of the FAQ released (89K) Major additions to the sections on Homo habilis, Peking Man.
On the other hand fossil OH 62 proves that «habilis ``, far from being Homo - like, was small and ape - like - these cases were the very opposite of what evolution theory predicted and expected.103 Even though the brain size of WT 15000 was smaller than most modern humans, it was still larger than quite a few people living today.
Some see rudolfensis as the ancestor of habilis with a decrease in brain size occurring, and others see the two on completely different evolutionary lines.