Homo habilis emerges
~2.4 mya · Event
One of the earliest members of the genus Homo, associated with Oldowan tools in East Africa.
On these timelines: Master, Sub-Saharan Africa, Human Origins & the Ice Age
Around 2400000 BCE
- First stone tools (Oldowan) (2600000 BCE)
- Pleistocene Ice Age (2580000 BCE)