Paranthropus boisei
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.[1]
| Paranthropus boisei Temporal range: Pliocene-Pleistocene
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| †Paranthropus boisei (Mary Leakey, 1959)
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Paranthropus Boisei Media
Map of Paranthropus finds (P. boisei in red)
Various P. boisei specimens
Reconstruction of P. boisei by Cicero Moraes
Peninj 1 showing postcanine megadontia
OH 80 femoral shaft (left) and radius (right)Scale bar=1 cm (0.39 in)
Reconstruction of MGL 95211 skull and jaw
Male (left) and female (right) western gorilla skulls
