title: Homo habilis's humanness: Phillip Tobias as a philosopher.
abstract: A detailed, interdisciplinary reading of Phillip Tobias's publications on Homo habilis shows how a philosophical notion of "humanness" has structured his interpretation of the fossils attributed to this species. The role of this notion in his research and its backgrounds in philosophy, disciplinary history, and a widespread mid-20th-century climate of opinion are analyzed and discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Humanities, Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Corbey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D049673:History, 20th Century; D015186:Hominidae; D006801:Humans; D008678:Metaphysics; D010163:Paleontology / Q000266:history*; D013019:South Africa