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#inktober fourth is KNM-ER 17400. This is a skull, eroded on the front, that has been attributed to Paranthropus boisei. The individual lived around 1.8 million years ago. At around 390 ml, its brain is one of the smallest in the hominin fossil record. #FossilFriday
#FossilFriday + #BlackFriday = Black Fossil? Meet the 'Black skull' KNM-WT 17000 Paranthropus aethiopicus from West Turkana, Kenya (got dark due to fossilization in a manganese-rich soil). Original (photo by Robert I.M. Campbell) & reconstruction (Paul Szpak).
Human Evolution
Sahelanthoropus tchadensis, Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus afarensis, Paranthropus boisei,
Diet of Paranthropus boisei in the early Pleistocene of East Africa http://t.co/NhmKNQjcnO