Homo habilis
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Homo habilis is an extinct early human species, dating to about 2.4–1.4 million years ago in Africa, known for its relatively larger brain and association with some of the earliest known stone tools.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Homo habilis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7729124 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homo habilis Context triple: [Homo, includesTaxon, Homo habilis]
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A.
Australopithecus africanus
Australopithecus africanus is an early hominin species from southern Africa, dating to about 3–2 million years ago, that exhibits a mix of ape-like and human-like traits and is important for understanding human evolution.
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B.
Homo erectus
Homo erectus is an extinct species of early human known for its upright posture, larger brain, and widespread presence across Africa and Eurasia during the Pleistocene.
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C.
Paranthropus aethiopicus
Paranthropus aethiopicus is an extinct robust australopithecine species of early hominin known from East Africa, notable for its massive jaws and teeth adapted for heavy chewing.
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D.
Paranthropus robustus
Paranthropus robustus is an extinct robust australopithecine hominin species from southern Africa, characterized by a heavy jaw, large teeth, and adaptations for powerful chewing.
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E.
Paranthropus boisei
Paranthropus boisei is an extinct robust hominin species from eastern Africa, notable for its massive jaws, large molars, and adaptations for heavy chewing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homo habilis Target entity description: Homo habilis is an extinct early human species, dating to about 2.4–1.4 million years ago in Africa, known for its relatively larger brain and association with some of the earliest known stone tools.
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A.
Australopithecus africanus
Australopithecus africanus is an early hominin species from southern Africa, dating to about 3–2 million years ago, that exhibits a mix of ape-like and human-like traits and is important for understanding human evolution.
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B.
Homo erectus
Homo erectus is an extinct species of early human known for its upright posture, larger brain, and widespread presence across Africa and Eurasia during the Pleistocene.
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C.
Paranthropus aethiopicus
Paranthropus aethiopicus is an extinct robust australopithecine species of early hominin known from East Africa, notable for its massive jaws and teeth adapted for heavy chewing.
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D.
Paranthropus robustus
Paranthropus robustus is an extinct robust australopithecine hominin species from southern Africa, characterized by a heavy jaw, large teeth, and adaptations for powerful chewing.
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E.
Paranthropus boisei
Paranthropus boisei is an extinct robust hominin species from eastern Africa, notable for its massive jaws, large molars, and adaptations for heavy chewing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | extinct hominin species ⓘ |
| associatedTechnology | Oldowan stone tools NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodySize | small-bodied compared to later Homo ⓘ |
| brainSizeRelativeToAustralopithecus | larger ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coexistedWith |
Paranthropus boisei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early Homo erectus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cognitiveTraits |
increased manual dexterity
ⓘ
relatively larger brain than earlier hominins ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| controversies |
debate over inclusion in genus Homo
ⓘ
debate over whether it represents one or multiple species ⓘ |
| cranialCapacityRange | approximately 500–700 cubic centimeters ⓘ |
| dentition | smaller teeth than australopiths but larger than modern humans ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| estimatedMass | approximately 30–50 kilograms ⓘ |
| estimatedStature | approximately 1.0–1.4 meters ⓘ |
| evolutionarySignificance |
one of the earliest members of genus Homo
ⓘ
transitional form between Australopithecus and later Homo ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| faceMorphology | less prognathic than Australopithecus ⓘ |
| family | Hominidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy |
John Napier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Louis Leakey NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Tobias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fossilSites |
Koobi Fora
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Turkana region NERFINISHED ⓘ Olduvai Gorge NERFINISHED ⓘ Omo region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Homo ⓘ |
| geologicalEpoch |
Pleistocene
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
late Pliocene ⓘ |
| handMorphology | capable of precision grip ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| languageCapacity | unknown but likely limited compared to modern humans ⓘ |
| locomotion |
bipedal
ⓘ
retained some climbing ability ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | handy man ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| paleoenvironment | mosaic of savanna and woodland habitats ⓘ |
| pelvisMorphology | adapted for bipedalism ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| postcranialMorphology | combination of ape-like and human-like traits ⓘ |
| region |
East Africa
ⓘ
possibly South Africa ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | moderate ⓘ |
| socialBehaviorInference | likely lived in small groups ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | Homininae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| temporalRangeEnd | about 1.4 million years ago ⓘ |
| temporalRangeStart | about 2.4 million years ago ⓘ |
| toolFunction | used tools for cutting and processing food ⓘ |
| toolUse | associated with early stone tools ⓘ |
| tribe | Hominini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeSpecimenCountry | Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeSpecimenSite | Olduvai Gorge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1964 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Homo habilis Description of subject: Homo habilis is an extinct early human species, dating to about 2.4–1.4 million years ago in Africa, known for its relatively larger brain and association with some of the earliest known stone tools.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.