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Paranthropus boisei: An example of evolutionary stasis?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1994
AbstractOf the presently recognised early hominid species, Paranthropus boisei is one of the better known from the fossil record and arguably the most distinctive; the latter interpretation rests on the numbers of apparently derived characters it incorporates.
B, Wood, C, Wood, L, Konigsberg
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The upper limb of Paranthropus boisei from Ileret, Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution, 2020
Paranthropus boisei was first described in 1959 based on fossils from the Olduvai Gorge and now includes many fossils from Ethiopia to Malawi. Knowledge about its postcranial anatomy has remained elusive because, until recently, no postcranial remains could be reliably attributed to this taxon.
B.G. Richmond, D.J. Green, M.R. Lague, H. Chirchir, A.K. Behrensmeyer, R. Bobe, M.K. Bamford, N.L. Griffin, P. Gunz, E. Mbua, S.R. Merritt, B. Pobiner, P. Kiura, M. Kibunjia, J.W.K. Harris, D.R. Braun   +15 more
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Birth of Paranthropus

Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews
ABSTRACTRobert Broom, who is best known among vertebrate paleontologists for his research on mammal‐like reptiles, was drawn into paleoanthropology because of his defense of Raymond Dart's interpretation of the Taung infant skull. Our contribution documents Robert Broom's background, his life and career, and how he became directly involved with human ...
Bernard Wood, Daniel Biggs
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Fossil hominin ulnae and the forelimb ofParanthropus

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2007
AbstractThe discovery ofPanin the Middle Pleistocene deposits of the Kapthurin Formation of the Tugen Hills (McBrearty and Jablonski: Nature 437 (2005) 105–108) inspires new interest in the search for other chimpanzee fossils in the East African Rift Valley.
Henry M, McHenry, Cassandra C, Brown, Lindsay J, McHenry   +2 more
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Paranthropus: Where Do Things Stand?

2017
In 1960 John Robinson suggested that the newly defined species Zinjanthropus boisei should be transferred to the genus Paranthropus Paranthropus (Broom 1938) as Paranthropus boisei (Leakey 1959). Since then fossil evidence of two hyper-megadont early hominin taxa has come to light.
Bernard Wood, Kes Schroer
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Patterns of resource use in early Homo and Paranthropus

Journal of Human Evolution, 2004
Conventional wisdom concerning the extinction of Paranthropus suggests that these species developed highly derived morphologies as a consequence of specializing on a diet consisting of hard and/or low-quality food items. It goes on to suggest that these species were so specialized or stenotopic that they were unable to adapt to changing environments in
Bernard, Wood, David, Strait
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Mandible of a Young Paranthropus Child

Nature, 1941
ONE of the difficulties in making comparisons of the Taxings and the Sterkfontein and Kromdraai apes has been that the Taungs ape is only known by the skull of a 4–5-year-old child, while the other apes are only known by adult specimens and a fragment of the jaw of a 10-year-old Sterkfontein ape. Now fortunately we have a little further evidence.
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Tooth development in East African Paranthropus

Journal of Human Evolution, 1993
Abstract A rapid differentiation rate in enamel with a "hyper-thick" enamel was suggested to represent a synapomorphic condition in Paranthropus species. To check this hypothesis we have analysed the enamel microstructure of molar teeth from Shungura Formation (Omo, Ethiopia) attributed, by teeth macrostructure, to P. aethiopicus and P. boisei.
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Testing the taxonomic integrity of Paranthropus boisei sensu stricto

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2001
AbstractThe craniodental hypodigm of Paranthropus boisei sensu stricto is morphologically distinctive, but it has been suggested that the substantial variation in mandibular and dental size in that hypodigm may exceed that which is reasonable to subsume within a single hominin species.
N, Silverman, B, Richmond, B, Wood
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Mechanical and spatial determinants of Paranthropus facial form

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1994
AbstractIt is well documented in the anthropological literature that the distinctive morphology of the “robust” hominid facial skeleton reflects its dietary specialization. Rak (1983) has provided the most comprehensive evaluation of Paranthropus facial morphology and this important study concluded that bone strain generated during mastication was ...
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