![]() ![]() What were they doing so successfully for a million years, or so? Most researchers steer clear of them because they are almost certainly not the ancestors of modern humans, but that is precisely what makes them appealing to me. They are especially weird creatures that lived at the same time as early Homo. The early hominin taxon that intrigues me is Paranthropus boisei. I would dearly like to know how you can reliably tell the ancestors of modern humans from their non-ancestral close relatives. My main questions are how many taxa are represented, and how are those taxa related. I use my training and expertise in primate and human anatomy to interpret the human fossil record. I am a biological anthropologist who is interested in the earlier stages of human evolutionary history - once fossils look at all like modern humans, I lose interest. What is your particular area of expertise within anthropology? Professor Bernard Wood of George Washington University (Image: George Washington University). ![]()
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