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17/07/1959 New human ancestor is discovered

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Lecture 88 Australopithecus, Paranthropus and Homo

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Origins of Genus Homo–Australopiths and Early Homo; Variation of Early Homo; Speciation of Homo

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True Facts About Paranthropus

Famous anthropologists Mary and Louis Leakey found a skull of a new hominid species, today known as Paranthropus boisei (previously Australopithecus boisei). The species lived in Eastern Africa during the Pleistocene epoch from about 2.4 until about 1.4 million years ago. Its brain volume was roughly equal to a modern-day chimpanzee.