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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A species of extinct humans known from fossil remains found in eastern and perhaps southern Africa and dating from about 2 to 1.6 million years ago.

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  • proper noun a taxonomic species, within genus Homo - "Handy man" (extinct)

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  • noun extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin Homō habilis, species name : Latin homō, man + Latin habilis, skillful.]

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Latin homo man + habilis handy

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