Hominin Footprints at Lake Turkana Reevaluated - Archaeology Magazine
Researchers said 21 footprints from eight individuals suggest P. boisei was taller and heavier than skull fossils alone indicated.
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Hominin Footprints at Lake Turkana Reevaluated - Archaeology Magazine
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA—Courthouse News Service reports that a new study of 21 fossilized footprints found in Kenya on the ancient shoreline of Lake Turkana in 1978 suggests that the hominins who left them, identified as Paranthropus boisei, may have been six feet tall and weighed about 165 pounds. Members of P. boisei are also known for their powerful jaws and large teeth. Kevin Hatala of Chatham University said that this estimate of their sta…
1.43 million years old footprints from Kenya appear to show a group of early human relatives. The prints provide new indications of physique, movement and social behavior.
On the shores of a vanished lake in Kenya, eight specimens of Paranthropus boisei, an extinct human relative, once walked together through the mud. Their footprints, rediscovered 1.4 million years later, reveal that this hominin species was much larger than previously thought. But there is more: the discovery reveals […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl.
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