may 25, 950000000 BC - Homo Habilis
Description:
Homo Habilis, also known as "Handy Man", was one of the first species to use tools. This creature was still short and had many ape-like features, but was a clear step up from the hominids.They were still mostly scavengers, but true to their name, they had stone-flake tools that proved to be handy in hostile in the formidable environments they found themselves in.
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Date:
may 25, 950000000 BC
Now
~ 5883516 years ago