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Paranthropus boisei
Temporal range: Pliocene-Pleistocene
Australopithecus boisei P1060081.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Family:
Hominidae
Genus:
Paranthropus
Species:
P. boisei
Binomial name
†Paranthropus boisei
(Mary Leakey, 1959)

Paranthropus boisei was originally called Zinjanthropus boisei and then Australopithecus boisei until recently. It was an australopithecine, the largest of the Paranthropus species. It lived from about 2.6 until about 1.2 million years ago during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs in Eastern Africa. It was 4' 6" tall for a male and 4' 1" for a female.

Images for kids

  • Paranthropus Africa

    Map of Paranthropus finds (P. boisei in red)

  • Paranthropus y Australopithecus

    Various P. boisei specimens

  • Paranthropus boisei - forensic facial reconstruction

    Reconstruction of P. boisei by Cicero Moraes

  • Australopithecus boisei Peninj 1 IMG 5626 BMNH

    Peninj 1 showing postcanine megadontia

  • OH 80 Paranthropus boisei Journal.pone.0080347.g002

    OH 80 femoral shaft (left) and radius (right) Scale bar=1 cm (0.39 in)

  • Paranthropus boisei IMG 2932-white

    Reconstruction of MGL 95211 skull and jaw

  • Gorilla gorilla skull

    Male (left) and female (right) western gorilla skulls

See also

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