HOMO HABILIS


Meaning of HOMO HABILIS in English

/hoh"moh hab"euh leuhs/

1. an extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics, dated as being from about 1.5 million to more than 2 million years old and proposed as an early form of Homo leading to modern humans. See illus. under hominid .

2. a fossil belonging to this species.

[ 1965-70; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .