Female Homo habilis. Artist's impression of a female Homo habilis holding her young and plucking fruit from a tree. H. habilis was an ancestor of mode

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Female Homo habilis. Artist's impression of a female Homo habilis holding her young and plucking fruit from a tree. H. habilis was an ancestor of modern humans that lived between around and million years ago. \Habilis\" means \"handy\", and refers to the supposed tool-making abilities of these hominids. Their brains were small though, with a cranium volume of around 700 cubic centimetres (compared to around 1350cc for modern humans)."

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Size: 2253px × 3882px
Photo credit: © MAURICIO ANTON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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