12-08-2005, 01:17 PM
Hi Arthes,
I don't know if I totaly understand what you mean?
But I'll say some things and hope some of it helps...
The Paranthropines (aethiopicus, boisei, robustus,...) are (very likely) a dead branch from the evolutionary bush(better not to use the word three). They evolved from the Australopithecines (around 2,6million years ago if I remember correctly) like the Homo line did. But they were two seperate braches. It is very likely that the Paranthropus was a plant eater (it is clear if you loke at his jaws and teeth), the Homo rudolfensis, habilis, erectus etc. did eat meat. The Parathropus line seems to have died out a bit longer than a million years ago.
The last common ancestor of Man and the Apes(like the Chimpansee) is dated around 7million and 8 million years ago. Yes morfologicaly the parantropus is more like the Gorrilla than a modern man. But Evolutionary their lines are far apart.
Always be carefull because evolution often works in ways you wouldn't really expect. Just look at the Homo Florentientis, a nice example of 'retro-evolution' to adapt to the special ecological system of his habitat.
Kind regards,
I don't know if I totaly understand what you mean?
But I'll say some things and hope some of it helps...The Paranthropines (aethiopicus, boisei, robustus,...) are (very likely) a dead branch from the evolutionary bush(better not to use the word three). They evolved from the Australopithecines (around 2,6million years ago if I remember correctly) like the Homo line did. But they were two seperate braches. It is very likely that the Paranthropus was a plant eater (it is clear if you loke at his jaws and teeth), the Homo rudolfensis, habilis, erectus etc. did eat meat. The Parathropus line seems to have died out a bit longer than a million years ago.
The last common ancestor of Man and the Apes(like the Chimpansee) is dated around 7million and 8 million years ago. Yes morfologicaly the parantropus is more like the Gorrilla than a modern man. But Evolutionary their lines are far apart.
Always be carefull because evolution often works in ways you wouldn't really expect. Just look at the Homo Florentientis, a nice example of 'retro-evolution' to adapt to the special ecological system of his habitat.
Kind regards,
