Homo habilis

Translingual

forensic facial reconstruction of Homo habilis

Etymology

Latin homo (“man”) + habilis (“handy”)

Proper noun

Homo habilis m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – extinct species of human, sometimes classified as Australopithecus habilis or Homo rudolfensis.

Hypernyms

• (species): Primates - order; Haplorhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily; Hominidae - family; Homininae - subfamily; Hominini - tribe; Hominina - subtribe; Homo - genus

Further reading

• Homo habilis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Homo habilis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Homo habilis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Homo habilis at Paleobiology Database