They also plan to see Olduvai Gorge, the site where archaeologist Mary Leakey discovered a 1.75 million-year-old skull known as Australopithecus-Zinjanthropus Boisei _ or the " Nutcracker Man ."
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In describing the fossilized hominid in his journal, Louis initially considered the classification " Titanohomo mirabilis " ( wonderful Titan-like man ), but he eventually dubbed their find " Zinjanthropus boisei " ( East Africa man ) . " morphological similarities to " Australopithecus ".
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Coupled with the discovery of stone tool assemblages thought to be associated with the robust Australopith species ( " Zinjanthropus boisei, " now classified under the genus " Paranthropus " ) from Olduvai Gorge by Mary and Louis Leakey, this amounting evidence seemed to sway the argument in Dart s favor.
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The first species found by the Leakeys, " Zinjanthropus boisei " or " Australopithecus boisei " ( renamed and still debated as " Paranthropus boisei " ), featured a sagittal crest and large molars, which attributes suggested the species engaged in heavy chewing, indicating a nuts, and seeds and possibly large quantities of grasses and sedges.
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While Louis was sick in camp, Mary discovered the fossilized skull OH 5 at FLK, " Paranthropus boisei ", famously identified as " " Zinjanthropus " " or " Zinj . " The question was whether the fossil belonged to a previous genus discovered by Robert Broom, " Paranthropus ", or a member of a different genus ancestral to humans.
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In 1959, at the Frida Leakey Korongo ( FLK ) site ( named after Louis'first wife ), Mary Leakey found remains of the robust australopithecine " Zinjanthropus boisei " ( now known as " Paranthropus boisei " ) which she dubbed the " Nutcracker Man "; its age, 1.75 million years, radically altered accepted ideas about the time scale of human evolution.
