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How did the ability to make stone-cutting tools help Homo habilis?

It enabled Homo habilis to build permanent homes.

It provided Homo habilis with tools that were used to create carvings.

It provided Homo habilis with more free time for other activities.

It enabled Homo Habilis to eat a wider variety of foods.

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It provided Homo habilis with tools that were used to create carvings.

Step-by-step explanation:

Homo habilis is an extinct hominid that lived in Africa, in the Gelasian and Calabrian ages (early and mid Pleistocene), 2.4 million years ago. The discovery of this species is due to Mary and Louis Leakey, who found the fossils in Tanzania, Africa, between 1962 and 1964. When it was discovered it was considered as the oldest species of the genus Homo, a position later occupied by H. rudolfensis.

His name means "skillful man" and refers to the finding of lithic instruments probably made by him. There have been detailed studies of the skeletal remains of his hands to verify if it would really be possible that this Homo had made them. The scientists concluded that it was capable of making pressure grip to perform the necessary manipulations in the manufacture of stone utensils; Probably, it was an opportunistic carnivore, that is, a scavenger, but it is an extreme that we do not yet know.

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