homo habilis

English Thesaurus

1. extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	homo, human, human being, man,
definition	:	any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus homo,
definition	:	type genus of the family Hominidae (noun.animal)