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    Paranthropus aethiopicus is an extinct species of robust australopithecine from the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of East Africa about 2.7–2.3 million...
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    believed later Paranthropus were morphologically distinct from earlier Paranthropus in the cave—that is, the Swartkrans Paranthropus were reproductively...
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    but is now relegated to Paranthropus along with other robust australopithecines. However, it is also argued that Paranthropus is an invalid grouping and...
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    present on the skulls of other Paranthropines, including Paranthropus boisei and Paranthropus robustus.[citation needed] The shrinking of the sagittal...
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    and became the type species for the genus Paranthropus. However, it has been argued by some that Paranthropus is an invalid grouping and synonymous with...
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    bahrelghazali (=Praeanthropus bahrelghazali) Paranthropus Paranthropus robustus Paranthropus boisei Paranthropus aethiopicus Ardipithecus Ardipithecus ramidus Ardipithecus...
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    genera in Paranthropus. The first specimen of Paranthropus aethiopicus was discovered in Lake Turkana, Kenya and its successor, Paranthropus robustus,...
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    KNM WT 17000 (category Paranthropus fossils)
    "The Black Skull") is a fossilized adult skull of the species Paranthropus aethiopicus. It was discovered in West Turkana, Kenya by Alan Walker in 1985...
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    Australopithecus africanus Australopithecus sediba Paranthropus aethiopicus Paranthropus boisei Paranthropus robustus Pan troglodytes Pan paniscus Homo habilis...
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    Australopithecus garhi Australopithecus sediba ParanthropusParanthropus aethiopicus Paranthropus robustus Paranthropus boisei Homo – immediate ancestors of modern...
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  • near Lake Turkana. This specimen was assigned to another species, Paranthropus aethiopicus. In 1994, a team led by Meave Leakey announced a new species, Australopithecus...
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    Australopithecus sediba Australopithecus deyiremeda ParanthropusParanthropus aethiopicus Paranthropus robustus Paranthropus boisei Homo – close relatives of modern...
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    identified from South Africa (A. africanus) and Lake Turkana, Kenya (Paranthropus aethiopicus). Likewise, the classification of australopithecines and pre-Homo...
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    to a sagittal crest, as can be seen in early hominins such as Paranthropus aethiopicus. The temporalis muscle is covered by the temporal fascia, also...
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    the study of the lineage. After 1.5 million years ago (extinction of Paranthropus), all fossils shown are human (genus Homo). After 11,500 years ago (11...
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  • who argue that the replacement of Australopithecus afarensis by Paranthropus aethiopicus at the Laetoli site was related to an increase in grass cover within...
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    Pliocene. They might be the product of Australopithecus garhi or Paranthropus aethiopicus, the two known hominins contemporary with the tools. Genus Homo...
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    known as "Black Skull") of a new species, Australopithecus aethiopicus (or Paranthropus aethiopicus). Richard shifted away from palaeontology in 1989, but...
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    Sites: 1 - Laetoli (Australopithecus sp., Paranthropus aethiopicus) 2 - Olduvai (Paranthropus boisei, Homo habilis) 3 - Eyasi (Homo sapiens) Volcanoes:...
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    and Early Pleistocene. The genera Homo (which includes modern humans), Paranthropus, and Kenyanthropus evolved from some Australopithecus species. Australopithecus...
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  • et al., 2010 Paranthropus Broom, 1938 Paranthropus aethiopicus Arambourg & Coppens, 1968 Paranthropus boisei Leakey, 1959 Paranthropus robustus Broom...
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  • Baker, Stephanie (2020-04-03). "Contemporaneity of Australopithecus , Paranthropus , and early Homo erectus in South Africa". Science. 368 (6486). doi:10...
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  • Australopithecus A. afarensis A. africanus A. anamensis A. bahrelghazali A. deyiremeda A. garhi A. sediba Paranthropus P. aethiopicus P. boisei P. robustus...
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    Earliest known specimen of the genus Homo Paranthropus boisei – Extinct species of hominin of East Africa Paranthropus robustus – Extinct species of hominin...
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    Kenyanthropus (3–2.7 Ma), with species K. platyops; Paranthropus (3–1.2 Ma), with species P. aethiopicus, P. boisei, and P. robustus A new proposed species...
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    assessed as follows, with Paranthropus and Homo emerging within Australopithecus (shown here cladistically granting Paranthropus, Kenyanthropus, and Homo)...
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    hominins, being variously placed as ancestral to Homo and Paranthropus, to just Paranthropus, or to just P. robustus. The specimen "Little Foot" is the...
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    similar proportions to Paranthropus than any other Homo, though H. luzonensis postcanine teeth differ greatly from those of Paranthropus in size and shape...
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  • has been used to illuminate the diets of the different species of the Paranthropus genus. It was determined that P. boisei had a reduced ratio of C3:C4...
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    Australopithecus A. afarensis A. africanus A. anamensis A. bahrelghazali A. deyiremeda A. garhi A. sediba Paranthropus P. aethiopicus P. boisei P. robustus...
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