Homo rudolfensis is an early human species that lived in East Africa between c. 2.5 and 1.8 million years ago. It is known from a handful of skull, jaw and teeth fragments that remind alternatingly of Homo or of Australopithecus and that piece together to reveal a relatively large-brained, flat-faced species with robust teeth capable of chewing through tough plants.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original definition at https://www.worldhistory.org/Homo_Rudolfensis/.
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- Do you think Homo rudolfensis should be a separate species from Homo habilis?
- Why do you think it is so hard to classify early human fossils?
- What do you think Homo rudolfensis' features tell us about early human evolution?
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