Kenyanthropus - Evolutionary Path

Evolutionary Path

Although it is an extremely difficult task to figure out the evolution of the hominins, step by step, we get closer to unraveling new discoveries of these hominins. As indicated in the image of the family tree of the evolution of hominins, Kenyanthropus platyops were previously known to be one of the older hominins until the founding of the fossils in Kenya in the year 1999. Kenyanthropus platyops actually made the evolutionary path of the hominins more confusing, because of the fact that the specific species represented a new type of species and genus. However, after the discovery of the fossil in Kenya, it came to the notion that the Kenyanthropus platyops were one of the earlier species, the same time that the A. afarensis “Lucy” was proven to be existed. Because of the finding of the Kenyanthropus platyops skull, the common ancestor has shifted to the K. platyops from the A. afarensis. The information can never be exact, however the findings of these fossils are the greatest evidence to getting one step closer to revealing the evolutionary path of Kenyanthropus platyops.