Here are some examples of some prominent scientists and archaeologists who have called Homo habilis and Homo erectus humans:

Louis Leakey: In 1975, Leakey called Homo habilis "the first human." Leakey argued that Homo habilis was the first species to make and use stone tools, which he saw as a defining characteristic of humanity.

Richard Leakey: Richard Leakey, Louis Leakey's son, also called Homo habilis "the first human." In his book "The Making of Mankind," Leakey wrote that Homo habilis was "the first member of our own genus, Homo."

Donald Johanson: Donald Johanson, the discoverer of the famous Lucy skeleton, has also called Homo habilis "the first human." In his book "Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind," Johanson wrote that Homo habilis was "the first species that we can confidently call human."

Mary Leakey: Mary Leakey, Louis Leakey's wife, has also called Homo habilis "the first human." In her book "Olduvai Gorge," Mary Leakey wrote that Homo habilis was "the first species in the genus Homo."

Tim White: Tim White, an American paleoanthropologist, has also called Homo habilis "the first human." In his book "Pleistocene Hominid Evolution in East Africa," White wrote that Homo habilis was "the first species in the genus Homo to have a brain size comparable to that of modern humans."

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indeed. I also learned to remember that the line of what is human and what is not human with regards to our evolution is very much blurred. evolving and becoming what we today call homo sapiens was not an instantaneous event, but rather a process that occurred across our whole population.

while I still think it is a bit disinformative to say "humans had been hunter gatherers for millions of years", I do not think it is untrue to say that humans have been hunter gatherers far longer than we have been anything else.

the language we use to talk about these things is certainly not precise enough to convey exact meaning within a few sentences.

if this isn't an AI-assisted response, I'm very impressed with the write up.

seems far too formulaic and well-backed to be written by you in such a short time.

totally okay with being wrong on this, but the response's tone just gives me GPT vibes

It's literally just one Google search away, you didn't even Google before "Fact check" & I don't think you still get it.

Let me put it in context, last time!

I cannot explain in words how wrong you were to make that call. Anyone who has read any (literally any) book about human evolution understands that you can call both homo sapiens and lineages "human."

Nearly every book even "sapiens" specifies in first few lines whether they are referring to the entire lineage as "humans" or just Homo sapiens.

The top two names in this list are Louis Leakey and Richard Leakey are among the greatest names in evolutionary biology.

Their mentioned books are literally the holy grail of evolutionary biology. Google it!

Louis Leakey: The Making of Mankind

Richard Leakey: The Origin of Humankind

You were wrong and you still haven't corrected it.

Yeah the Leakeys’ didn’t let anyone else do any archeology 🤣

Louis Leakey even discovered "Nutcracker man" that was his greatest discovery. It's not a joke. 😂😂😂

I kno 🤣

"The word human can refer to all members of the Homo genus, although in common usage it generally just refers to Homo sapiens, the only extant species. The name "Homo sapiens" means 'wise man' or 'knowledgeable man'."

Sorry I looked at your meme and interpreted it using the common useage of the word "human", instead of interpreting it from the context of evolutionary biology. my bad for thinking you were using it in it's common sense, because you posted it alongside a meme. humans in the common sense have existed for roughly 300,000 years. humans in the "homo genus" sense have existed for millions.

maybe next time specify that you are using a very niche interpretation of the word "human" next time so troglodytes like me don't misunderstand your very well researched lexicon

cry some more about it