What is Paranthropus?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Paranthropus'' | colour = lightblue | fossil_range = [[Pleistocene]] | image = Australopithecus boisei P1060081.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = Skull of ''Paranthropus boisei'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Primate]]s | familia = [[Hominidae]] | subfamilia = [[Homininae]] | tribus = [[Hominini]] | subtribus = [[Hominina]] | genus = '''''Paranthropus''''' | genus_authority = [[Robert Broom|Broom]], 1938 | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = †''[[Paranthropus aethiopicus]]''<br /> †''[[Paranthropus boisei]]''<br /> †''[[Paranthropus robustus]]'' }} [[File:Paranthropus aethiopicus.JPG|thumb|right|''Paranthropus aethiopicus'' skull replica]] '''''Paranthropus''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [https://wiktionary.org/wiki/robust robust] [[australopithecine]]s. They probably descended from the genus ''[[Australopithecus]]''. == Description == All species of ''Paranthropus'' were [[bipedal]], and many lived during a time when species of the genus ''[[Homo (genus)|Homo]]'', such as ''[[Homo ergaster]]'' and ''[[Homo erectus]]'', were living. ''Paranthropus'' first appeared roughly 2.7 million years ago. Most species of ''Paranthropus'' had a [[brain]] about 40 percent of the size of modern [[human|man]]. There was some size variation between the different species of ''Paranthropus'', but most stood roughly 1.3-1.4 m (4.26 to 4.59 feet) tall and were quite well muscled. ''Paranthropus'' is thought to have lived in wooded areas rather than the grasslands of the ''Australopithecus''. ''Australopithecus'' and ''Paranthropus'' also looked very different from each other. These differences were only found in remains of the [[skull]]. The other parts of the [[skeleton]] were still very similar, so it is reasonable to think the difference was an [[adaptation]] to different food. ''Paranthropus'' was more massively built as to skull and [[tooth|teeth]]. It often had [[gorilla]]-like [[sagittal crest]]