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when did Kenyanthropus platyops live

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3.5-3.2 mya

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how is Kenyanthropus platyops similar to paranthropines and australopithecines

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Its cranial morphology combines traits of paranthropines and australopithecines

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what do scientists disagree with about Kenyanthropus platyops

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Scientists disagree over whether Keynathropus is a flat-faced species of hominin or just a distorted example of Australopithecus afarensis

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who left the Laetoli footprints

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It’s been proposed that given the timing of Kenyanthropus in East Africa, it – and not Au. afarensis – may be responsible for the Laetoli footprints, which date to around 3.7 mya. The evidence for this is entire circumstantial

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what likely caused Paranthropines

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Overspecialisation and reliance on hard-object feeding

Increasing climatic fluctuations in the Pliocene meant Paranthropines’ food sources became unpredictable