Who discovered Olduvai hominid No 7?

Louis Leakey
Lower jaw of OH 7, a specimen found in 1960 at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, and identified by Louis Leakey and others in 1964 as a fossil of Homo habilis.

What human traits did zinjanthropus have?

Mary found the roughly 1.8-million-year-old skull of a hominid with a flat face, gigantic teeth, a large crest on the top of its head (where chewing muscles attached) and a relatively small brain. They named the species Zinjanthropus boisei (now known as Paranthropus boisei).

What species was Lucy?

Australopithecus afarensis
Lucy/Organism

On November 24, 1974, fossils of one of the oldest known human ancestors, an Australopithecus afarensis specimen nicknamed “Lucy,” were discovered in Hadar, Ethiopia.

Who discovered kenyapithecus?

Paleontologist Louis Leakey first discovered Kenyapithecus in 1961 at a site called Fort Ternan. He dubbed the 14 million-year old upper jaw and teeth found there K.

What did Paranthropus eat?

The East African hominin Paranthropus boisei possessed large and low-cusped postcanine dentition, large and thick mandibular corpora, and powerful muscles of mastication, which are generally believed to be adaptations for a diet of nuts, seeds, and hard fruit (1–3).

Why is Lucy called Lucy?

Why was Lucy named Lucy? Inspired by repeated playings of “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” at a celebratory party on the day the specimen was found, researchers gave it the Beatles’ mod moniker.

What is Zinjanthropus boisei?

Zinjanthropus boisei, also known as Australopithecus boisei and Paranthropus boisei, was an early tool-making hominid which lived between 1.2 and 2.6 million years ago in Africa. The first Zinjanthropus boisei specimen was discovered by Mary Leakey in the Olduvai Gorge in the 1950s.

What did the Leakeys call Zinjanthropus?

The Leakeys called their new discovery Zinjanthropus boise i (Zinj is an old name for East Africa; boisei acknowledges Charles Boise, a supporter of the Leakeys during those long, difficult years). They referred to it as “Zinj” or “Dear Boy.”

What does the name Zinjanthropus mean?

The name Zinjanthropus literally means “East African Man.” The specimen for which the species Zinjanthropus boisei was named (OH5, or Olduvai Hominind 5) is also known as “Nutcracker man” because of its extremely large postcanine teeth (molars and premolars).