Thursday, 16 October 2025

Early hominin had human-like dexterity and gorilla strength

 


A model of Paranthropus boisei at the Museum of Human Evolution in Burgos, Spain. Image courtesy of Cro Magnon / Alamy

Evolutionists believe that ape men where the ancestors of modern men so they depict ancient men as having ape like features.

The first confirmed fossil hands of Paranthropus boisei show that this ancient relative was capable of making tools, but was also much stronger than modern humans

A pair of hands belonging to an enigmatic ancient hominin that lived around 1.5 million years ago has been found for the first time, revealing that they had gorilla-like strength alongside the dexterity to make tools.

Paranthropus boisei was first discovered by archaeologist Mary Leakey in 1959 at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. The skull was found alongside a type of stone tool known as Oldowan and it was claimed the species was the oldest known maker of stone tools. But because no hand fossils had been found, anthropologists couldn’t be sure that P. boisei had made them.

Source:

James Woodford 2025 Early hominin Paranthropus boisei had human-like dexterity and gorilla strength | New Scientist 15 October