Paleoanthropologist Tracy Kivell stated that the Paranthropus boisei hand has features remarkably similar to those of gorillas, and no other known hominin has hand morphology so gorilla-like.
Notes on verification
Direct quotes from Tracy Kivell corroborated across Smithsonian, CNN, Nature, and National Geographic articles covering the same 2025 fossil hand study.
Sources
- Discovery of First Fossil Hand Linked to P. Boisei Suggests ... (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/science/fossil-kenya-extinct-human-hand (cnn.com)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03129-x (nature.com)
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/paranthropus-boisei-hand-leakey (nationalgeographic.com)