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Million-year-old fossil changes what we know about human hands and feet

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

Fossil hand from human relative puzzles scientists with mix of human- and gorilla-like features

Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei. They have been surprised by a mix of human-like and gorilla-like traits in the ...