Before revision: The term is mostly used in reference to human evolution.<ref URL The Scottish anthropologist Sir Arthur Keith set the limit at 750 cc for the genus Homo.<ref name=dirt/> The minimum cranial capacity for the species Homo sapiens is generally set at 900cc.<ref name=dirt/> One of the reasons for the proposal to exclude Homo habilis from the genus Homo, and renaming it as "Australopithecus habilis", is the small capacity of their cranium (363cc -600 cc).
After revision: The term is mostly used in reference to human evolution.<ref name=dirt></ref> The Scottish anthropologist Sir Arthur Keith set the limit at 750 cc for the genus Homo.<ref name=dirt/> The minimum cranial capacity for the species Homo sapiens is generally set at 900cc.<ref name=dirt/> One of the reasons for the proposal to exclude Homo habilis from the genus Homo, and renaming it as "Australopithecus habilis", is the small capacity of their cranium (363cc -600 cc).