Paranthropus boisei
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Paranthropus boisei is a species of australopithecine from the Early Pleistocene of East Africa about 2.5 to 1.15 million years ago. The holotype specimen, OH 5, was discovered by palaeoanthropologist
Australophithecus boisei, Olduvai Gorge Springfield Science Museum Springfield, MA DSC03368
Various P. boisei specimens
Peninj 1 showing postcanine megadontia
Paranthropus boisei facial reconstruction at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Olduvai Gorge
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The Olduvai Gorge or Oldupai Gorge is a paleoanthropological site in northern Tanzania. Many sites exposed by the gorge have proven invaluable in furthering understanding of early human evolution. A s
Paranthropus boisei
…Pleistocene of East Africa about 2.5 to 1.15 million years ago. The holotype specimen, OH 5, was discovered by palaeoanthropologist Mary Leakey in 1959 at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania and described by her husband Louis a month later. It was originally placed into its own genus as "Zinjanthropus boisei", but is now relegated…
View of Olduvai Gorge
Olduvai Gorge from space
"The Cradle of Mankind" or Oldupai Gorge, is an archaeological trove of fossils in the Arusha Region
Paleo lake margin in Middle Bed II