Fossil hand bones point to tool use outside the Homo lineage The fossil wrist and thumb bones suggest Paranthropus boisei could grasp tools around 1.5 million years ago.

Good grip: Amazing new find of #ParanthropusBoisei hand and wrist bones in #Africa sheds some light on possible #tool use 1.5 million years ago.

A human-like grip, outside the Homo lineage:

www.sciencenews.org/article/foss... via @sciencenews.bsky.social

New fossil hand just dropped! 🦴 Researchers found Paranthropus boisei hand bones showing both power and precision grips — suggesting tool use far earlier than we thought!

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#Paleoanthropology #HumanOrigins #ParanthropusBoisei ##DeepHistory

New fossil hand just dropped! 🦴 Researchers found Paranthropus boisei hand bones showing both power and precision grips — suggesting tool use far earlier than we thought! Watch the short now: youtube.com/shorts/zonYT...

#Paleoanthropology #HumanOrigins #ParanthropusBoisei #DeepHistory

New fossil hand just dropped! 🦴 Researchers found Paranthropus boisei hand bones showing both power and precision grips — suggesting tool use far earlier than we thought! Watch the short now: youtube.com/shorts/zonYT...

#Paleoanthropology #HumanOrigins #ParanthropusBoisei #DeepHistory

Four Oldowan tools sitting on a dirt floor. Oldowan tools may look simple, but as a recent study shows, their origins are anything but straightforward. Image credit: The Natural History Museum, London / Science Source.

#HumanAncestors may not be responsible for the famous #Oldowan #StoneTools. In PNAS Journal Club: www.pnas.org/post/journal...

#archaeology #paleoarchaeology #ParanthropusBoisei #HomoHabilis

They don’t call him the Nutcracker Man for nothing.
OH 5 (Paranthropus boisei) had jaw power like a paleo tank—perfect for crunching through tough roots and seeds nearly 2 million years ago.
#FossilFriday #ParanthropusBoisei #NutcrackerMan #PaleoPost #WOPA

Crossing Paths: Ancient Footprints Reveal Interactions Between Early Hominins New Evidence of Coexistence Among Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei

Ancient footprints show Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei coexisted in Kenya 1.5 million years ago. This discovery offers rare insights into shared landscapes and evolutionary behavior.

#HumanEvolution #FossilFootprints #Pleistocene #Anthropology #Kenya #HomoErectus #ParanthropusBoisei

#paleoanthropology research shows #homoerectus and #paranthropusboisei , two #bipedal #hominins , were contemporaneous 1.5 Mya in Kenya. Wow! #anthropology