Paranthropus boisei was first described in 1959 based on fossils from the Olduvai Gorge
and now includes many fossils from Ethiopia to Malawi. Knowledge about its postcranial …

New fossils discovered south of the Turkwel River in northern Kenya include an associated
metacarpal, capitate, hamate, lunate, pedal phalanx, mandibular fragment, and teeth. These …

An almost entire skeleton of a male individual of Nacholapithecus kerioi (KNM-BG 35250)
was discovered from Middle Miocene (∼ 15 Ma) sediments at Nachola, northern Kenya. N …

Partial skeletons of ancient hominins are extremely rare. When located, they present unique
opportunities for palaeo-anthropological enquiry. From East African Pliocene and early …

We describe phalanges of the KNM-BG 35250 Nacholapithecus kerioi skeleton from the
Middle Miocene of Kenya. Phalanges of N. kerioi display similarities to those of Proconsul …

18Ma) is well-known from a number of associated partial skeletons (Napier & Davis, 1959;
Walker & Pickford, 1983; Ward et al., 1993), postcrania of Kenyapithecus are comparatively …

Interpretations of the postcranial anatomy of East African early and middle Miocene large-
bodied hominoids (eg, Proconsul, Afropithecus, Turkanapithecus, Nacholapithecus) have …

One of the most important discoveries in hominoid evolutionary studies is the fossil forelimb
of Proconsul africanus (KNM-RU 2036), discovered in 1951 from the early Miocene deposits …

KNM-ER 47000 is a fossil hominin upper limb skeleton from the Koobi Fora Formation,
Kenya (FwJj14E, Area 1A) that includes portions of the scapula, humerus, ulna, and hand …

While the timing, duration, and nature of the shift is debated, human evolution ultimately
involved an increase in body size relative to our Miocene ancestors, and a transition from a …