Editing Human evolution (section)

=== ''H. habilis'' and ''H. gautengensis'' ===
''Homo habilis'' lived from about 2.8<ref name="autogenerated1" /> to 1.4 Ma. The species evolved in South and East Africa in the [[Piacenzian|Late Pliocene]] or [[Early Pleistocene]], 2.5–2 Ma, when it diverged from the australopithecines with the development of smaller molars and larger brains. One of the first known hominins, it made [[stone tool|tools from stone]] and perhaps animal bones, leading to its name ''homo'' ''habilis'' (Latin 'handy man') bestowed by discoverer [[Louis Leakey]]. Some scientists have proposed moving this species from ''Homo'' into ''Australopithecus'' due to the morphology of its skeleton being more adapted to [[Arboreal locomotion|living in trees]] rather than [[Bipedalism|walking on two legs]] like later hominins.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wood |first1=Bernard |last2=Collard |first2=Mark |date=1999 |title=The changing face of Genus ''Homo'' |journal=Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews |volume=8 |issue=6 |pages=195–207 |doi=10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1999)8:6<195::AID-EVAN1>3.0.CO;2-2 |s2cid=86768101 |issn=1060-1538}}</ref>

In May 2010, a new species, ''[[Homo gautengensis]]'', was discovered in South Africa.<ref name="toothy">{{cite news |last=Viegas |first=Jennifer |date=May 21, 2010 |title=Toothy Tree-Swinger May Be Earliest Human |url= http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/human-ancestor-tree-swinger.htm |work=[[Discovery Channel|Discovery News]] |location=Silver Spring, Maryland |publisher=[[Discovery Communications]] |access-date=April 28, 2015 |archive-date=May 9, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150509101320/http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/human-ancestor-tree-swinger.htm}}</ref>