Science Homo habilis, erectus were the same species, study suggests Skull shows humans' family tree may have fewer branches than some believe, scientists say ...

Argue and her team studied 133 different characteristics of the Homo floresiensis skull, jaw, teeth, shoulders, legs and arms, and compared them to all other known hominid species.

Until now, the oldest member of the Homo genus was thought to be Homo habilis (“handy man”) who lived some 2.3 million years ago. But the new fossil, described in a pair of papers published ...