Paranthropus boisei
= Paranthropus boisei
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An East African <hominin> with very large postcanine <teeth> and a robust feeding apparatus. <dental microwear> and enamel carbon-isotope evidence complicate a simple inference of habitual hard-object feeding from gross anatomy. <Dental Microwear and Diet of the Plio-Pleistocene Hominin Paranthropus boisei by Peter S. Ungar and others>[PLoS ONE 3, e2044; seven specimens with preserved microwear and comparison with gross anatomy]{ref}