Homo gautengensis is a currently invalid species of Homo proposed by anthropologist Darren Curnoe in 2010 for South African hominin fossils now attributed to H. habilis, H. ergaster, and other hominins including Australopithecus and Paranthropus. Since his 2010 description, recognition of the species has been limited. The classification of most of the fossils referred to H. gautengensis was controversial before the description of the species and continue to be controversial to this day. Some palaeoanthropologists have gone as far as to declare that there is little reason to consider H. gautengensis a valid taxon. If valid, H. gautengensis would have been one of the longest Homo species with approximately 1 million years of prevalence before going extinct.