Analysis of wear patterns on fossil teeth from East African hominins suggests the diets of Paranthropus aethiopicus and Paranthropus boisei were softer than had been thought, according to a study ...

Paranthropus robustus tooth chipping patterns do not support regular hard food mastication. Journal of Human Evolution , 2021; 158: 103044 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2021.103044 Ian Towle, Carolina Loch.

Paranthropus Aethiopicus and Paranthropus Boisei seemed to have lived in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania while Paranthropus Robustus seemed to have only lived in South Africa. More for You.

image: Paranthropus aethiopicus mandible (the oldest specimen analyzed; Specimen L55s-33). view more Credit: Image credit: Jonathan G. Wynn. Researchers report isotopic evidence of how hominin ...

Before this discovery, three Paranthropus species were known: ・ P. aethiopicus (an early species found in East Africa) ・ P. boisei (the most robust species, with massive teeth and thick skulls) ...

Paranthropus was an ape-like hominin that lived on in a world dominated by big-brained early humans. Recent archaeological discoveries, like stone tools, are revealing how they lived ...

Humans Early hominin Paranthropus may have used sophisticated stone tools. Stone tools discovered in Kenya are the oldest Oldowan-type implements found, dating back at least 2.6 million years, and ...

Fossil skulls rewrite the stories of two ancient human ancestors. Found in a hilltop cave, the oldest known Homo erectus and Paranthropus robustus fossils shed light on a critical period of ...

Our current Homo genus probably developed out of one of the Australopithecus or Paranthropus species between 2 and 3 million years ago.. The etymology of A. deyiremeda comes from the local Afar ...