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  • noun Plural form of habiline.

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  • Luskin dismisses the habilines Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis as nothing more than australopithecines with a single reference, making the gulf between australopithecines and Homo much wider.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Christopher O'Brien 2006

  • There are no longer any small-skulled early Turkana habilines.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Christopher O'Brien 2006

  • There are no longer any small-skulled early Turkana habilines.

    More on Casey Luskin and the Dikika Hominid Christopher O'Brien 2006

  • That leaves KNM-ER 1470, KNM-ER 1590, KNM-ER 3732, and KNM-ER 3735 as plausible habilines before 1.85 Ma.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Christopher O'Brien 2006

  • This seems like a nice sample as a possible ancestor for both later large-bodied Homo and later habilines.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Christopher O'Brien 2006

  • This seems like a nice sample as a possible ancestor for both later large-bodied Homo and later habilines.

    More on Casey Luskin and the Dikika Hominid Christopher O'Brien 2006

  • That leaves KNM-ER 1470, KNM-ER 1590, KNM-ER 3732, and KNM-ER 3735 as plausible habilines before 1.85 Ma.

    More on Casey Luskin and the Dikika Hominid Christopher O'Brien 2006

  • In fact, new dating of the East African early Homo shows that there are now no early small brained habilines likely candidates for inclusion with the Australopithecus genus and that rather, that in the habilines we actually now have potential great ancestors to the larger bodied Homo:

    More on Casey Luskin and the Dikika Hominid Christopher O'Brien 2006

  • Luskin dismisses the habilines Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis as nothing more than australopithecines with a single reference, making the gulf between australopithecines and Homo much wider.

    More on Casey Luskin and the Dikika Hominid Christopher O'Brien 2006

  • In fact, new dating of the East African early Homo shows that there are now no early small brained habilines likely candidates for inclusion with the Australopithecus genus and that rather, that in the habilines we actually now have potential great ancestors to the larger bodied Homo:

    Archive 2006-09-01 Christopher O'Brien 2006

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