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Homo habilis
Leakey
et al.
, 1964
(mammal)
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Homo (Genus) - people
..†Denisovans (Population)
..history
..†Homo antecessor (Species)
..†Homo erectus (Species)
..†Homo floresiensis (Species) - Flores man
..†Homo heidelbergensis (Species) - Heidelberg man
..†Homo luzonensis (Species)
..†Homo naledi (Species)
..†Homo neanderthalensis (Species) - Neanderthal man
..†Homo rudolfensis (Species)
..Homo sapiens (Species) - human
..†Homo habilis (Species)
....†KNM-ER 1813 (Specimen)
....†OH 7 (Specimen) - Jonny's child
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
L.S.B. Leakey
et al.
, 1964
Original name
:
Leakey, L.S.B., Tobias, P.V. & Napier, J.R. 1964.
Nature
202
(4927)
: 8.
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:
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:
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:
Types
Holotype
:
†
OH 7
(Specimen)
Ref:
L.M. MacLatchy et al., 2010
: 508.
Synonyms
Questionably
Junior subjective synonym
:
Homo microcranous
Ferguson, 1995
Ref:
L.M. MacLatchy et al., 2010
: 508.
Synonymous name
:
†
Telanthropus capensis
Robinson, 1953
Ref:
Texas, 1996
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Translation
:
bekwame mens
Ref:
B. Gardiner et al., 1989
: 297.
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