The species Paranthropus boisei was estimated to have existed 1.1 million years ago and is believed to belong to a certain era of the human evolution that spanned several years ago, but scientists were keen to point out that they did not eventually lead to human evolution, or rather to the evolution of Homo Sapiens, but they share a huge genetic relationship with the Homo sapiens (Marsh 18).
There are numerous characteristics of Paranthropus boisei that would be synonymous to that of the Homo sapiens that would lead one to believe that the genetic characteristics that depict similarities would be evidence of their existence as an early form of human beings evolution that spans millions and millions of years ago. It is evident that some of the characteristics that are viewed on Paranthropus boisei are very similar to that of the Homo sapiens, or human beings of current times (Wood, Wood, & Konigsberg 119). For instance, the Paranthropus boisei has a face that is not hugely deviated to that of the human being that shows relevance in the genetic relationship, alongside a dental formula that is segmented similar to that of Homo sapiens (that is molar and pre- molar) . The Paranthropus boisei has a specialized skull and flaring cheekbone that is significantly similar to that of the Homo sapien, not forgetting the cranial capacity that formulates the rise in brain size from the millions of years ago, which if carefully calculated would emerge as similar and synonymous to that of Homo sapien in regards to brain enlargement.
The size of the average female species of the Paranthropus boisei is estimated at an average of 34 kg (approximately 75 lbs), and the males average a weight of 49 kg (approximately 108 lbs). The height of an average male Paranthropus boisei is estimated at 1.37 meters and that of the female species is estimated at 1.24 meters. This is quite similar to that of the human beings as they are believed to average an equal height and weight across the board. The diet of the Paranthropus boisei is extensive, as it consumes a wide variety of food items that span from fruits to vegetables and consumption of water in equal regard to that of the Homo sapien, bringing about a similar genetic trait (Lockwood and Stringer 14). Their way of walking and behavioral traits are also similar to that of the man, in the sense that they feed in a similar way to a man, as well as shelter and make use of their limbs in an almost similar way to the man. The Paranthropus biosei species having been discovered in the East African lands, specifically in Turkana, Kenya by Mr. and Mrs. Leakey, has laid claims of the evolution of human beings in their characteristic nature and genetic relation despite the fact that scientists have a different view of it. It is in this event that the discovery of Paranthropus biosei in 1975 has left jitters over the evolution of mankind, instigating the fact that there might have been a stratigraphic layer over the evolution of mankind.
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