Paranthropus boisei is a species of australopithecine from the Early Pleistocene of East Africa about 2.5 to 1.15 million years ago. The holotype specimen, OH 5, was discovered by palaeoanthropologist See more

Skull
P. boisei is the most robust of the robust australopithecines, whereas the South African P. robustus is smaller with comparatively more … See more

P. boisei remains have been found predominantly in what were wet, wooded environments, such as wetlands along lakes and rivers, wooded or arid shrublands, … See more

Discovery
Palaeoanthropologists Mary and Louis Leakey had conducted excavations in Tanzania since the 1930s, though work was postponed with … See more

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 … See more

Diet
In 1954, Robinson suggested that the heavily built skull of Paranthropus (at the time only including P. robustus) was indicative of a See more

• African archaeology
• Australopithecus africanus – Extinct hominid from South Africa
• Australopithecus sediba – Two-million-year-old hominin from the Cradle of Humankind See more