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Homo habilis inhabited parts of sub-Saharan Africa from roughly 2.4 to 1.5 million years ago (mya). In 1959 and 1960 the first fossils were discovered at Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania.
How long ago did H habilis live?
It is generally agreed upon that H. habilis, spanning from 2.3 to 1.4 million years ago, is descended from a species of Australopithecus. If H. habilis evolved in East Africa, then Australopithecus afarensis and Australopithecus garhi are its possible ancestors, but if H.
How long ago did Homo rudolfensis live?
Today, most scientists recognize four species that lived in the Turkana Basin, northern Kenya, sometime between 2.0 and 1.5 million years ago: Homo rudolfensis, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, and Paranthropus boisei.
