What is a Paranthropus?
Paranthropus var ett släkte av förmänniska som levde i Afrika för ungefär 2,6-1,0 miljoner år sedan under den geologiska epoken pleistocen. Släktet utvecklades ur det mera kända släktet Australopithecus, och vissa forskare räknar fortfarande in paranthropus i detta släkte.
Are Paranthropus walkeri and Paranthropus robustus our closest relatives?
They are our distant ‘cousins’ rather than our direct relatives. Paranthropus walkeri lived between 2.3 and 2.7 million years ago. Paranthropus boisei and Paranthropus robustus lived between 1.0 and 2.3 million years ago. Photogrammetry scan of Paranthropus walkeri cast.
When did Paranthropus walkeri live?
Paranthropus walkeri lived between 2.3 and 2.7 million years ago. Paranthropus boisei and Paranthropus robustus lived between 1.0 and 2.3 million years ago. Photogrammetry scan of Paranthropus walkeri cast.
When was the first Paranthropus fossil discovered?
The first Paranthropus discovery in east Africa was made in 1959 by Mary Leakey. Since then, more than 300 Paranthropus fossils have been uncovered and three species are now included in the group. SK 13/14 – an upper jaw discovered in Swartkrans, South Africa. This adolescent palate or upper jaw shows the eruption of the last molar teeth.
Who discovered Paranthropus robustus?
A partial cranium and mandible of Paranthropus robustus was discovered in 1938 by a schoolboy, Gert Terblanche, at Kromdraai B (70 km south west of Pretoria) in South Africa. It was described as a new genus and species by Robert Broom of the Transvaal Museum. The site has been excavated since 1993 by Francis Thackeray…
What is the age of Paranthropus aethiopicus?
Paranthropus aethiopicus The Black Skull Kenya. The skull is dated to 2.5 million years ago, older than the later forms of robust australopithecines. Anthropologists suggest that P. aethiopicus lived between 2.7 and 2.5 million years ago.
What did Paranthropus robustus eat?
Robust species like Paranthropus robustus had large teeth as well as a ridge on top of the skull, where strong chewing muscles attached. These features allowed individuals to crush and grind hard foods such as nuts, seeds, roots, and tubers in the back of the jaw; however, P. robustus didn’t just eat tough foods.