Pictured above is a fossil footprint believed to have been created by a hominin species known as Paranthropus boisei, one of 12 such footprints unearthed in Kenya that date back 1.5 million years.

Nutcracker Man, officially called Paranthropus boisei, roamed across East Africa 1.4 million to 2.4 million years ago, living alongside the direct ancestors of humanity. It earned its nickname because ...

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While we may enjoy a wide and varied diet, our ancient relatives may have preferred to stick to grass. Wear patterns on the fossil teeth from early East African hominids suggest that they may have ...

An ancient human relative may have more in common with modern cows than with modern people, at least in terms of what they ate, according to a new study by a research team that included a University ...

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic jaw and powerfully constructed biting muscles. Its coarse-grass and reed ...

In his 1960 presidential address to the South African Archaeological Society, the anthropologist Louis Leakey cast the fossil humans that had been found in that country as little more than a ...

Fossilized hand bones discovered in Kenya suggest that Paranthropus boisei, an extinct early hominin species (related to humans), possessed advanced manual skills and a gorilla-like grip — indicating ...

Newly found 1.5-million-year-old fossils reveal 'Paranthropus boisei' had dexterous hands and feet, showing it was more ...