Kenyanthropus
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Kenyanthropus is a genus of extinct hominin identified from the Lomekwi site by Lake Turkana, Kenya, dated to 3.3 to 3.2 million years ago during the Middle Pliocene. It contains one species, K. platy
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Location of Lomekwi, on the western shore of Lake Turkana, Kenya
Kenyanthropus was contemporary with A. afarensis ("Lucy" above)
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Hominini
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The Hominini form a taxonomic tribe of the subfamily Homininae. They comprise two extant genera: Homo and Pan, and in standard usage exclude the genus Gorilla, which is grouped separately within the s
Kenyanthropus
…evinces a greater diversity than once acknowledged. Kenyanthropus is most recognisable by an unusually flat face and small teeth for such an early hominin, with values on the extremes or beyond the range of variation for australopithecines in regard to these features. Multiple australopithecine species…
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Cast of a skull of Sahelanthropus tchadensis, nick-named ″Toumaï″
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