Paranthropus Boisei: A Ruggedly Built, Tree-Climbing Human Ancestor
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 08:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A human ancestor dated to 1.34 million years old and belonging to Paranthropus boisei at the Olduvai Gorge World Heritage fossil site in Tanzania is characterized by a "robust" jaw and skull bones and was a muscular creature with a gorilla-like upper body and more adaptive to its environment than previously thought, scientists have discovered. The partial skeleton -- including arm, hand, leg and foot fragments -- represents one of the most recent occurrences of P. boisei before its extinction in East Africa. read more