Homo habilis ("handy man") is a species of the genus Homo, which lived from approximately 2.5 million to at least 1.6 million
years ago at the beginning of the Pleistocene. The discovery and description of this species is credited to both Mary and
Louis Leakey, who found fossils in Tanzania, East Africa, between 1962 and 1964. Homo habilis is the earliest known species
of the genus Homo. In its appearance and morphology, H.
