Various Hominids
Homo Habilis is the name given to an early species of human who lived about 2.5 million years ago in central Africa. Homo Habilis literally means handy man. Because of the tools he created. He was short, about 4 feet tall. He walked on two legs, and was very clever. He began the art of toolmaking. He made hand axes and blades from chipped stones. But before long he was creating hafted or handled tools or tools with handles.