Paranthropus boisei skull and head. Illustration of the skull and appearance of the head of a specimen of the extinct hominin Paranthropus boisei. Thi

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Paranthropus boisei skull and head. Illustration of the skull and appearance of the head of a specimen of the extinct hominin Paranthropus boisei. This specimen has the catalogue number KNM-ER 732. It was discovered in 1970 at the Koobi Fora site in Kenya. It is around million years old. It is a female specimen, with a cranial capacity of 500 cubic centimetres. This species has also been known as Australopithecus boisei.

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Photo credit: © JOHN BAVARO FINE ART/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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