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Paranthropus boisei vivió en un medio ambiente más seco que sus ancestros Australopithecus. Ante el cambio climático, las especies de este género recurrieron a la especialización de su aparato masticador para poder sobrevivir en un medio más seco.
…hominin (of human lineage) species Paranthropus boisei containing a complete set of adult teeth. It was found in 1964 at Peninj, a locale in Tanzania to the west of Lake Natron and about 80 km (50 miles) from Olduvai Gorge, a major paleoanthropological site.
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 Mary Leakey in 1959 at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania and described by her husband Louis a month later.
3 de ene. de 2024 · Height: Males: average 4 ft 6 in (137 cm); Females: average 4 ft 1 in (124 cm) Weight: Males: average 108 lbs (49 kg); Females: average 75 lbs (34 kg) Overview: Like other members of the Paranthropus genus, P. boisei is characterized by a specialized skull with adaptations for heavy chewing.
The "robust" australopiths are a group of hominins with large cheek teeth and strongly built jaws that lived alongside the earliest members of our own genus, Homo, approximately 2.5-1.4 million...
Australopithecus robustus and A. boisei are also referred to as “robust” australopiths. In addition to a well-developed skull crest for the attachment of the temporalis (or temporal muscle, which is used in chewing), other specializations for strong chewing include huge cheek teeth, massive jaws, and powerfully built cheekbones that project ...
El apoyo a P. boisei descendiendo de Au. aethiopicus ha aumentado constantemente. Sin embargo, algunos todavía agrupan a P. boisei como especie hermana de P. robustus y creen que descendieron de Au. africanus. Las dos formas más derivadas comparten un rasgo molar con Au. africanus, ya que el segundo molar (M2) es mayor que el tercero (M3).
