Paranthropus is a genus of extinct hominin which contains two widely accepted species: P. robustus and P. boisei. However, the validity of Paranthropus is contested, and it is sometimes …

Oct 10, 2025 · Our robust Paranthropus cousins thrived in Africa for a million and a half years, making stone tools and sharing the landscape with different Homo species at the dawn of …

Jan 3, 2024 · KNM-ER 406 is a nearly complete adult male Paranthropus boisei. It has the facial and cranial features typical of this robust species, which commonly ate fruit and other soft …

5 days ago · New Kenyan fossils reveal Paranthropus boisei’s anatomy, showing human-like hands, feet, and possible tool use.

Aug 6, 2025 · Initially, it was given the genus name Zinjanthropus —meaning “East African man”—but it was later reclassified as a species of Paranthropus, a genus that includes other …

Oct 15, 2025 · Analyses of newly discovered hand and foot bones of a Paranthropus boisei specimen provide insight into possible tool use and other palaeobiology characteristics among …

Oct 13, 2025 · Having lived in Africa for over one and a half million years, Paranthropus shared the environment with Homo and may have made tools even before the "human genus"

Oct 15, 2025 · An ancient cousin to humans probably built tools with its huge hands New fossils reveal Paranthropus had massive yet dexterous hands

Broom’s choice of the name Paranthropus (meaning “to the side of humans”) reflects his view that this genus was not directly ancestral to later hominins, and it has long been viewed as a …

Oct 15, 2025 · The first confirmed fossil hands of Paranthropus boisei show that this ancient relative was capable of making tools, but was also much stronger than modern humans