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Paranthropus boisei is a species of australopithecine from the Early Pleistocene of East Africa about 2.5 to 1.15 million years ago. [1] The holotype specimen , OH 5 , was discovered by palaeoanthropologist Mary Leakey in 1959 at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania and described by her husband Louis a month later.
KNM ER 406 is an almost complete fossilized skull of the species Paranthropus boisei. [1] It was discovered in Koobi Fora, Kenya by Richard Leakey and H. Mutua in 1969. [2] This species is grouped with the Australopitecine genus, Paranthropus boisei because of the robusticity of the skull and the prominent characteristics.
In P. boisei, thick enamel was more likely used to resist abrasive gritty particles rather than to minimize chipping while eating hard foods. [57] In fact, there is a distinct lack of tooth fractures which would have resulted from such activity. [58] [59] Paranthropus were
The team concluded that hominins belonging to the species Homo erectus and the smaller-brained Paranthropus boisei made the footprints. P. bosei made the long trackway, while Homo erectus made the ...
Homo erectus, a direct ancestor of humans, lasted for a million more years, while Paranthropus boisei went extinct within the next few hundred thousand years. The reason why remains a mystery, and ...
Oldowan tools occur in Beds I–IV at Olduvai Gorge. Bed I, dated 1.85 to 1.7 mya, contains Oldowan tools and fossils of Paranthropus boisei and Homo habilis, as does Bed II, 1.7 to 1.2 mya. H. habilis gave way to Homo erectus at about 1.6 mya, but P. boisei persisted. Oldowan tools continue to Bed IV at 800,000 to 600,000 before present . A ...
Paranthropus boisei, the last species included in the genus Paranthropus, was first found in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania and around Ethiopia and Kenya. [10] P. boisei was known for massive facial and dental bones and structure, primarily larger mandibles, molars, and premolars, which was an adaptation allowing them to consume hard plant foods with ...
Paranthropus boisei: 1969 Kenya: Richard Leakey: KNM-ER 732 [44] 1.70 Paranthropus boisei: 1970 Kenya: Richard Leakey: KNM-ER 23000 [45] 1.70 Paranthropus boisei: 1990 Koobi Fora, Kenya: Benson Kyongo KNM-WT 17400 [46] [47] 1.70 Paranthropus boisei: Not known [48] Lake Turkana (West Lake Turkana) Kenya: unknown [48] National Museums of Kenya ...