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homo habilis and homo erectus belong to the stone age​

Answer 1

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While scientists used to think that H. habilis was the ancestor of Homo erectus, recent discoveries in 2000 of a relatively late 1.44 million-year-old Homo habilis (KNM-ER 42703) and a relatively early 1.55 million-year-old H

Answer 2

Homo Habilis also known as able man and Homo Erectus also known as an upright man both belonged to the stone age.

Homo Erectus and Homo habilis are archaic human species that lived between 2.3 and 1.65 million years ago in East and South Africa.

Homo Erectus

• H. Erectus first arrived in Africa some two million years ago, descended from either a late australopith or a more primitive type of Homo, and expanded throughout Asia.
• H. Erectus is the oldest known species to have a human-like body, with long legs and short arms in comparison to its torso. It was in a standing position.
• The brain size of H. Erectus was less than that of modern humans, in some cases roughly half as large, and their skulls were thicker.
• In comparison to later specimens, early H. Erectus possessed smaller, more primitive teeth, a smaller overall stature, and thinner, less robust skulls.

Homo Habilis

• H. Habilis, which lived between 2.3 and 1.4 million years ago, is thought to be descended from an Australopithecus species. If the H. Habilis species originated in East Africa.

• The brain of Homo habilis was larger than that of earlier human relatives, as evidenced by major changes in the structure of the skull.
• Because of the brain's enlargement, the skull had become fuller and more rounded.
• The mouth was smaller than that of earlier australopithecines, and the legs were short, giving this species ape-like arm and leg proportions that were close to those of the australopithecines.
• Our forefathers, Homo habilis, may have been the first to use stone tools. This signaled a significant shift in mental capacity as well as a shift in survival methods.

The commencement of the move from increasingly upright apes to primitive, large-brained, stone tool-making, meat-eaters who roamed far and wide is marked by the species Homo's emergence in Africa. H. Habilis, H. Erectus, and H. Habilis are the two species that make up this early segment of the human genus.