Kenyanthropus platyops is an extinct hominin identified from the Lomekwi site by Lake Turkana in Kenya, dated to 3.3 to 3.2 million years ago in the Middle Pliocene, and is the only secure species of its genus. Before it was named in 2001, Australopithecus afarensis was widely thought to be the only australopithecine of that time. It is recognised by an unusually flat face and small teeth for so early a hominin. The site also yielded the earliest known stone tool industry, the Lomekwian, though it is unclear whether Kenyanthropus made it. It seems to have lived in a lakeside or floodplain setting with forests and grasslands.
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System (Realm) Living or Extinct Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Hominidae (Wikipedia)
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Source Kenyanthropus (Wikipedia)
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Source Kenyanthropus (Wikipedia)Lead, locationQuote, Lead, location
Lake Turkana, Kenya
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1. Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database taxa of Hominidae, species list
Paleobiology DatabaseRow for Kenyanthropus platyopsQuote, Row for Kenyanthropus platyops
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2. Kenyanthropus (Wikipedia)
Lead, extinct status
is a genus of extinct hominin identified from the Lomekwi site by Lake Turkana, Kenya, dated to 3.3 to 3.2 million years ago during the Middle Pliocene
Lead, location
Lake Turkana, Kenya
Habitat and environment
Kenyanthropus seems to have lived on a lakeside or floodplain environment featuring forests and grasslands.
In Group: Primate Species, Lead, primate group
is a genus of extinct hominin identified from the Lomekwi site by Lake Turkana, Kenya, dated to 3.3 to 3.2 million years ago during the Middle Pliocene
In Biome: Grassland, Lead, environment
Kenyanthropus seems to have lived on a lakeside or floodplain environment featuring forests and grasslands.
View the SourceHominidae (Wikipedia)
Child Taxon Of: Hominidae, Phylogeny, Fossil list, Kenyanthropus platyopsQuote, Child Taxon Of: Hominidae, Phylogeny, Fossil list, Kenyanthropus platyops
In addition to the extant species and subspecies, archaeologists, paleontologists, and anthropologists have discovered and classified numerous extinct great ape species as below, based on the taxonomy shown.
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