Species Profile
Australopithecus boisei
Robust australopithecine
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Lived about 2.3–1.2 million years ago.
Fossils found in East Africa.
Adapted for plant-based diet.
Size & Structure
01
Broad face
02
Sagittal crest present
03
Very large molars
04
Strong jaw muscles
Australopithecus boisei — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- True coelom
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Brain size ~500–550 cc
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Homeothermic
- Circulatory type
- Closed, double, complete
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Pulmonary respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ureotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Herbivorous feeder
Grassland adaptation
Specialized chewing adaptation
Economic Importance
Study of dietary evolution
Fossil research
Human lineage debates