habilis remains identified by anthropologists ... had a smaller braincase than Homo erectus and other early human species. In the words of paleontologist Bernard Wood, published in a 2014 Nature story ...

“Fifty years ago, it was pleasing and consistent that there was one early Homo form ... resembles modern humans, and it’s 500,000 years older than Homo habilis, Spoor said.

Homo habilis, and Neanderthal. Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG via Getty Images The model considered human interactions, including the arrival of early humans, with the findings pointing to human ...

Fire helped early humans preserve meat and deter predators, offering a survival advantage long before regular cooking.

erectus but also Homo habilis or Homo rudolfensis. Determining exactly which early humans lived here involved taking the sample around the globe. Just as H. erectus eventually migrated across much ...

Homo habilis lived 2.4 million to 1.4 million years ago, and Homo erectus lived 1.89 million to 110,000 years ago. Previously, scientists thought these early humans had brains much like modern humans.

Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient human fossils have been discovered, helping scientists piece together the ...