Paranthropus boisei - Washington, DC
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N 38° 53.505 W 077° 01.563
18S E 324285 N 4306715
Located at the National Museum of Natural History.
Waymark Code: WMRXGN
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2016
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A sign accompanying the sculpture reads:
"Finding Food
In East Africa, a male A Paranthropus boisei
tugs at a root. It would be tough eating for
us. But this early human had huge jaws
and large teeth that enabled it to crush
and grind raw foods. The earliest humans
survived by foraging and scavenging for
many types of food."
There is no charge to visit the Museum which is open daily 9 to 5.
This website (
visit link) has better photos of this and the other similar sculptures at the Museum.The 2010 sculpture is life-sized and made of bronze and is by John Gurche.