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Within this section:
 Introduction
About Human Evolution
Skulls
Skeletal Details
Tools
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Skulls
Paranthropus boisei (formerly Australopithecus boisei)
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Museum number/name
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OH 5 Type specimen
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Where specimens were found
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Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.1959
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Distribution of species
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Eastern Africa
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Known date of species
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2.3 - 1.4 mya
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Date of specimen
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1.8 my
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Cranial capacity
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450 - 550cc
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Inferred culture
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These hominins may have used stone tools
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Click on the thumbnails below for an enlarged picture.
Skull front view
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Skull side view
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Skull bottom view
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Skull top view
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All skull views
Front view
Side view
Top view
Bottom view
Virtual skulls
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