homo habilis

1. 1.

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

   Broaderhomo

   Part ofgenus Homo

Questions about homo habilis

What does homo habilis mean?

homo habilis means "extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics".

Is homo habilis a common word?

homo habilis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.