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New CT analysis of Paranthropus robustus bones shows the geologically younger hominin was more arboreal than the older Australopithecus from the same valley. The path to bipedalism wasn’t a straight line. #Paleoanthropology #HumanEvolution #Paranthropus https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-younger-one-climbed-more

The newly discovered hand of Paranthropus boisei reshapes our understanding of manual evolution, showing a gorilla-like strength paired with surprising dexterity—evidence that tool-use potential may have predated Homo. #Paleoanthropology #Evolution #Paranthropus #FossilFinds https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-hand-that-rewrites-a-lineage

Ancient human relatives transported stones 2.6 million years ago, rewriting human history

Archaeologists excavating in southwestern Kenya have uncovered strong evidence that early hominins were transporting stones over long distances about 2.6 million years ago—hundreds of thousands of years earlier than previously believed...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/human-relatives-transported-stones-2-6-million-years-ago/

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Mysterious pits on 2-million-year-old fossil teeth unlock clues to human evolution

The bizarre pattern of tiny pits on fossil teeth, once thought to be signs of disease or malnutrition, might actually hold a genetic key to unlocking our evolutionary history...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/06/mysterious-pits-on-2-million-year-old-fossil-teeth/

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1.4-million-year-old jawbone reveals new human relative, rewriting evolutionary history

A 1.4-million-year-old fossilized jawbone found in South Africa belongs to a newly discovered species of Paranthropus, an extinct genus of human relatives, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Human Evolution...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/02/1-4-million-year-old-jawbone-reveals-new-human-relative/

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2.9-million-year-old #toolkit in Kenya raises new questions
The assumption has long been that only the genus #Homo was capable of making stone tools. Finding the molars of #Paranthropus changes everything.

#archaeology #StoneTools #excavations #Nyayanga #kenya #OldowanToolkit

https://interestingengineering.com/science/oldest-stone-tools-kenya?utm_placement=newsletter

Sarebbe un peccato di presunzione dare per scontato che i nostri antenati Homo fossero gli unici capaci di usare in modo ingegnoso le pietre e trasformarle. E se anche Paranthropus fosse stato un toolmaker? Per ora è soltanto un'ipotesi, ma in questo sito di 3 milioni di anni fa sono emersi molti strumenti litici usati per lavorare il cibo e due molari di #Paranthropus. Il lavoro è uscito su Science (con due italiane tra i firmatari) e io ne ho scritto qui #archeologia https://www.lescienze.it/news/2023/02/10/news/ominini_paranthropus_fabbricazione_utensili_litici_nyayanga_olduvaiana-11304947/

Have you heard the news about #Paranthropus? We now have confirmation, on some level, that they were using tools. We don’t know if they made them, but they have been found associated together. Learn more about this discovery, nd why it is, no is not important. https://dsh.re/7eed97 #paleoanthropology #archaeology #lithics #stonetools #worldofpaleoanthropology Learn more: www.worldofPaleoanthropology.org!