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Paranthropus boisei Paranthropus robustus Thematic map of sub-Saharan Africa showing major sites where hominid fossils have been found, including locations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Chad, and South Africa. Different symbols indicate fossil discoveries of Australopithecus, Kenyanthropus, Ardipithecus, Orrorin, and Paranthropus. Major lakes and country borders are also marked for geographic context. A diagram showing the tentative evolutionary relationships among hominid species over the past four million years, with skull images and labeled species names connected by solid and dotted lines to indicate proposed evolutionary pathways.
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Paranthropus boisei
Paleoanthropologists Carrie Mongle (left) and Meave Leakey arranging hand fossils...
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Paranthropus robustus
A pair of fossils belonging to the extinct hominid species Paranthropus robustus....
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hominid fossil sites
A selection of locations in sub-Saharan Africa where hominid fossils have been found....
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human evolutionary pathways
Possible pathways in the evolution of the human lineage.
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