Reproduction of Paranthropus Boisei cranium

Description:	Archaeologists have found evidence of the earliest humans, called hominids, at numerous sites in eastern and southern Africa. This is a reproduction of the skull of a hominid known as Paranthropus boisei (originally called Zinjanthropus boisei and then Australopithecus boisei), believed to have lived between 2.6 and 1.4 million years ago during the Pliocene and Pleistocene eras in Eastern Africa. Mary Leakey, wife of famous archaeologist Louis Leakey, discovered the skull in 1959 at the site known as Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania. The skull was nicknamed “Nutcracker Man” due to its large face, jaws and molars, enabling Paranthropus boisei to chew tough materials such as ground tubers, nuts and leaves in the grasslands.
Source:	http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/478
Collection:	The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Rights:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/;
Copyright:	Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0);
Subjects:	Skull Hominids Paleontology -- Pleistocene Paleontology -- Pliocene Leakey, Mary D. (Mary Douglas), 1913- Fossil hominids Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) Fossil man Africa -- History

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