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Homo Habilis

2.8 to 1.5 million years ago the Homo Habilis evolved. This is one of the earliest members of the genus Homo.

Source: Carl Sagan, Cosmos (New York: Random House, 1980)

Homo Habilis
Forensic facial reconstruction of a Homo Habilis
Image by Cicero Moraes under CC BY-SA 4.0 license

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