In 1984,a fossil cranium and partial mandible,WT 17000 or the "Black Skull," were found at West Lake Turkana.Some paleoanthropologists suggest that this fossil be placed in a new species named:

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The Black Skull, WT 17000, is believed to be a specimen of Paranthropus aethiopicus, a species of robust australopithecine that lived in East Africa between 2.7 and 2.3 million years ago. The morphology of the dental and cranial features of the Black Skull is consistent with other known specimens of P. aethiopicus, such as the famous "Black Knight" skull discovered in 1985 at the same site.

In 1984,a Fossil Cranium and Partial Mandible,WT 17000 or the "Black