Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Paranthropus boisei is a species of australopithecine from the Early Pleistocene of East Africa about 2.5 to 1.15 million years ago. [1] 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.
The first species found by the Leakeys, Zinjanthropus boisei or Australopithecus boisei (renamed and still debated as Paranthropus boisei), featured a sagittal crest and large molars. These attributes suggested the species engaged in heavy chewing, indicating a diet of tough plant material, including tubers , nuts , and seeds —and possibly ...
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.
He eventually dubbed the find Zinjanthropus boisei, "East Africa man"—Zinj is an ancient Arabic word for the East African coast. The name was later revised to Paranthropus boisei, and by some to Australopithecus boisei; a consensus on its classification is still in debate.
A cast of the famous Zinjanthropus (Paranthropus boisei) skull discovered by Mary Leakey in 1959 is displayed in the new museum. The exhibits at the Olduvai Gorge Museum are centered around the paleoanthropological research and artifacts that have come from the surrounding area. There is one hall dedicated to the Leakey family and their pursuit ...
Paranthropus boisei, nicknamed "Zinj" for its former name Zinjanthropus boisei; Zinj, Bahrain, a suburb of Manama, Bahrain; Zinj, alternate spelling of Zanj, a medieval area of the East African coast; Zinj - name of the fictional lost city in Michael Crichton's 1980 novel Congo, and its 1995 film adaptation
From alternative scientific name of a mammal: This is a redirect from an alternative scientific name of a mammal (or group of mammals) to the accepted scientific name.
Decades later, Oldupai was the focus of two more major findings. First, in 1959 a skull identified as Zinjanthropus (now Paranthropus) boisei was found near Oldowan stone tools, and this led to the argument that this hominin could be a direct ancestor of modern humans. [15]