Paranthropus boisei or Australopithecus boisei. It was an early hominin, described as the largest of the genus Paranthropus (robust australopithecines). Eastern Africa, Pleistocene, about 1,4 millions years ago. Reconstruction of cranium discovered by Leakey OH 5 (Olduvai Hominid number 5), also known as Zinjanthropus or "Nutcracker Man". Age: 1,75 mya. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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