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#Paranthropus 2.6 MA in Ethiopia
'found more than 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) farther north than any other fossil of its kind.
"Until now, not a single fossil of Paranthropus had been identified" in the Afar region of Ethiopia,'

#fossils #evolution #hominin

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#Evolution #fossils #Hominin #Paranthropus

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Paper here
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Afar fossil shows broad distribution and versatility of Paranthropus - Nature

With its attribution to Paranthropus, a 2.6-million-year-old partial mandible expands the range of the genus into the Afar region of Ethiopia and adds to our understanding of hominin evolution in eastern Africa.
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