Who discovered the Homo habilis species?

Charles Darwin

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Willard Libby

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Louis Leaky

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The correct option is A Louis Leaky
Homo habilis were extinct species of human, the most ancient representative of the human genus, Homo. The discovery and description of this species is credited to both Mary and Louis Leakey, who discovered the fossils in Tanzania between 1962 and 1964. The species lived from approximately 2.33 to 1.4 million years ago, during the Gelasian Pleistocene period.

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