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 ...

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 ...

Homo habilis first appeared in Africa about 2.5 million years ago, ... The teeth and jaws are larger in Homo habilis than Homo erectus. That suggests habilis ate tougher food, ...

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 ...

Homo habilis, erectus were the same species, study suggests. ... The skull was from an adult male just shy of 1.5 meters with a massive jaw and big teeth, but a small brain, ...

Dominant hand preference in humans is a trait that scientists are still trying to understand, but new evidence may show that whatever its purpose, the existence of dominant hands might stretch back ...