Paranthropus - Wikipedia 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 considered to be synonymous with Australopithecus
Paranthropus boisei - The Smithsonians Human Origins Program 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 foods but were also able to crush and grind tough plant foods during difficult times
Paranthropus: The Last of the Ape People - Historic Mysteries Paranthropus was a genus of particularly robust hominids that emerged during the Pliocene epoch around 2 9 – 2 6 million years ago These guys were no flash in the pan, lasting for another 1 5 million years until the Pleistocene, roughly 1 2 million years ago
Paranthropus | fossil hominin genus | Britannica 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 distant side branch on the human evolutionary tree
Paranthropus genus - The Australian Museum The genus or group Paranthropus currently includes three species, P boisei, P robustus, and P aethiopicus They are collectively known as the ‘robusts’ because of their extremely large jaws and molar teeth They are our distant ‘cousins’ rather than our direct relatives
Paranthropus boisei - Wikipedia The genus Paranthropus (otherwise known as "robust australopithecines") typically includes P boisei, P aethiopicus and P robustus It is debated if Paranthropus is a valid natural grouping (monophyletic) or an invalid grouping of similar-looking hominins (paraphyletic)
Paranthropus aethiopicus - The Smithsonians Human Origins Program Paranthropus aethiopicus was originally proposed in 1967 by a team of French paleontologists to describe a toothless partial mandible (Omo 18) that was thought to differ enough from the mandibles of the early human species known at that time
16. Paranthropines – The History of Our Tribe: Hominini - Geneseo They were included in the genus Australopithecus for many years, but the original genus invented by Robert Broom for the South African form, Paranthropus robustus, has been revived for at least two of the species