This fossil upper jawbone, dubbed OH-65, belonged to a Homo habilis individual who lived and died 1.8 million years ago. Her teeth show the earliest evidence for right-handedness in the fossil record.

By examining striations on teeth of a Homo habilis fossil, a new discovery led by a University of Kansas researcher has found the earliest evidence for right-handedness in the fossil record dating ...

'Homo habilis' lived at least 2 million years ago in parts of Africa. ... Leakeys were stationed at a dig in the Olduvai Gorge of northern Tanzania in the 1950s when they unearthed two unique teeth, ...

Fossil suggest Homo habilis used right hand to eat Teeth found in Tanzania show that Homo habilis was right-handed like most modern humans. By Léa Surugue Published 20 October 2016, 6:00 PM BST.

A study published in Journal of Human Evolution finds proof for right handedness in Homo habilis, ... Frayer points out that the team tallied 559 marks on the teeth and almost 47 percent align ...

In addition to Spoor, the authors of "Reconstructed Homo Habilis Type OH 7 Suggests Deep-Rooted Species Diversity in Early Homo" include Philipp Gunz, Simon Neubauer, Stefanie Stelzer, Nadia Scott ...

Until now, the oldest fossil attributed to the Homo genus was a 2.3-million-year-old upper jaw from Hadar. The Ledi-Geraru find shows that substantial tooth and jaw changes had already occurred in ...

A 1.8-million-year-old skull combines a small braincase with a long face and large teeth, which is unlike any other Homo fossils on record. Photo courtesy of Georgian National Museum ...