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2 million y/o bones found in 2012 by a team led by Meave Leakey in northern Kenya:

- collarbones
- shoulder blades
- upper & lower arm bones
- vertebra fragments
- a rib
- upper leg bone
- pelvis

Turned out the most complete #HomoHabilis skeleton yet recovered:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/most-complete-homo-habilis-skeleton-ever-found-dates-to-more-than-2-million-years-ago-and-retains-lucy-like-features

Most complete Homo habilis skeleton ever found dates to more than 2 million years ago and retains 'Lucy'-like features

Scientists have revealed the most complete skeleton yet of our 2 million-year-old ancestor Homo habilis.

Live Science

Jens Notroff Jan 21

2 million y/o bones found in 2012 by a team led by Meave Leakey in northern Kenya: - collarbones - shoulder blades - upper & lower arm bones - vertebra fragments - a rib - upper leg bone - pelvis Turned out the most complete #HomoHabilis skeleton yet recovered: www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Most complete Homo habilis ske...

Most complete Homo habilis skeleton ever found dates to more than 2 million years ago and retains 'Lucy'-like features

Scientists have revealed the most complete skeleton yet of our 2 million-year-old ancestor Homo habilis.

Live Science

scinexx - das wissensmagazin Jan 21

Vollständigstes Skelett des Homo habilis entdeckt. Fossilfund in Kenia gibt Einblick in Anatomie und Statur des Frühmenschen. #Homohabilis #Menschheitsgeschichte #Fossil #KoobiFora #Frühmensch #Evolution #Frühgeschichte
https://www.scinexx.de/news/archaeologie/vollstaendigstes-skelett-des-homo-habilis-entdeckt/

Vollständigstes Skelett des Homo habilis entdeckt

Spannender Fund: In Kenia haben Forschende das bislang älteste und vollständigste Skelett des Homo habilis gefunden – einem der frühesten Vertreter

scinexx | Das Wissensmagazin

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Radio Zoo 📻 Global Broadcast Nov 1

А як наші прабатьки — #Australopithecines, #Homohabilis, #Homoerectus, #Homoneanderthalensis та #Homosapiens поралися з депресією, ПМС і ПТСР? В них цього не було? А чому?

Radio Zoo 📻 Global Broadcast Nov 1

How did our ancestors — #Australopithecines, #Homohabilis, #Homoerectus, #Homoneanderthalensis, and #Homosapiens—cope with depression, premenstrual syndrome, and post-traumatic stress disorder? Did they not experience these afflictions? If not, what accounts for this disparity?

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Headlines Africa Oct 29

Africa: AI Reveals Which Predators Chewed Ancient Humans' Bones - Challenging Ideas On Which Homo Species Was the First Tool-Using Hunter: [The Conversation Africa] Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa. After archaeologists uncovered his fossilized bones in 1960, they used them to define Homo habilis - the earliest known member of… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNxpvf #Africa #AncientHumans #HomoHabilis #Archaeology #AI

Archaeology News

Oct 14

Homo habilis under threat: AI study reveals leopards hunted our ancient ancestors

Almost 2 million years ago, early humans were not the hunters they are typically imagined to be — they were the hunted. A new study suggests that Homo habilis, one of the earliest members of our genus, was likely preyed upon by leopards in East Africa...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/10/study-reveals-leopards-hunted-our-ancestors/

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