Should an also-ran in human evolution get more respect?

The article informs about a recently discovered 2.8-million-year-old ancient tools in Kenya which are the oldest known examples of the Oldowan toolkit, a technological breakthrough long thought to be a defining hallmark of the Homo genus. It mentions that the discovery suggests that the large-toothed Paranthropus hominin, an 'also-ran' in human evolution, may have made or at least used tools that are fueling an expanding view of tool-making abilities of hominins.