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Australopithecus boisei

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Noun1.Australopithecus boisei - large-toothed hominid of eastern Africa; from 1 to 2 million years ago
Australopithecus, genus Australopithecus - extinct genus of African hominid
australopithecine - any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago


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Fossil discoveries of Australopithecus boisei, a member of the human evolutionary family that lived in Africa from around 2 million to 1 million years ago, show that this creature possessed huge teeth and a nutcrackerlike jaw the likes of which even Jay Leno, or Kirk Douglas would envy.
Variety reigns in ancient hominid's skull by Bower, Bruce / Science News
Separate investigations in Ethiopia last year uncovered the oldest firmly dated hominid stone tools and a largely complete Australopithecus boisei skull.
Ethiopian finds and feuds by Bower, Bruce / Science News
Rak studied several skulls belonging tothe east African species Australopithecus boisei.
Robust hominids: tooth and consequences by Bower, Bruce / Science News
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