Paleoanthropologists have unearthed and examined a hominin partial skeleton that includes hand and foot bones unambiguously associated with skull elements of Paranthropus boisei, a species of early ...

The first almost complete set of hand bones from the ancient human relative Paranthropus boisei has been found, revealing a strong grip and potential for tool use. The find raises the possibility that ...

人類の古代の近縁種であるパラントロプス・ボイセイ（Paranthropus boisei）に属する150万年前の新たな化石群には、この種に明確に関連付けられる手の骨が含まれており、ホミニン（hominin；ヒト族）の手の進化に関する知見を提供する。Nature にオープン ...

For decades, the extinct hominin Paranthropus boisei has been a bit of a mystery. We’ve analyzed its skulls and seen the massive jaws, but we never had the full picture. That changed when a newly ...

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic jaw and powerfully constructed biting muscles. Its coarse-grass and reed ...

A human ancestor that was characterised by a 'robust' jaw and skull bones was also a muscular creature that had a gorilla-like upper body. Bones have revealed that one of our ancient ancestor was more ...

The East African hominin Paranthropus boisei was characterized by a suite of craniodental features that have been widely interpreted as adaptations to a diet that consisted of hard objects that ...

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Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that lived in East Africa between 2.3 and 1.2 million years ago, mainly ate tiger-nuts – edible bulbous tubers of the sedge Cyperus esculentus (also known as nut ...

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Paranthropus boisei is a hominin taxon with a distinctive cranial and dental morphology. Its hypodigm has been recovered from sites with good stratigraphic and chronological control, and for some ...

While we may enjoy a wide and varied diet, our ancient relatives may have preferred to stick to grass. Wear patterns on the fossil teeth from early East African hominids suggest that they may have ...