The first evidence of modern human traits, including increasing brain size and dependence on material culture shows up in:

The first evidence of modern human traits, including increasing brain size and dependence on material culture shows up in Homo habilis. Even though they are species of genus Homo, they are not similar to people nowadays at all. In palaeoanthropology, these species were the first ones who left Africa and started to move and spread along Eurasia, which is one the main facts and characteristics of Homo habilis.