Paranthropus robustus was a species of prehistoric human that lived in South Africa about 2 million years ago, alongside Homo ...

Ahipbone from Paranthropus robustus, a species of hominin thought to have lived alongside our direct ancestors, has revealed ...

Learn more about how a recent fossil discovery has added a new species to the list of prehistoric humans who walked on two ...

According to Wits University, Paranthropus robustus lived in South Africa around two million years ago, alongside Homo ...

It comes from a new species of the genus Paranthropus, nicknamed the “nutcracker man” due to the fossil’s massive size and huge molar teeth. The researchers specifically assessed the fossil ...

At the time Paranthropus was alive, the world had several hominins, or species on the evolutionary branch more closely related to humans than to chimps. Our genus, Homo, emerged at least 2.8 ...

Unfortunately, Swartkrans has, over the years, yielded many fewer bones from the rest of the Paranthropus robustus skeleton, limiting our understanding of its stature, posture, and locomotion.A major ...

Fossils found there have enabled the identification of several specimens of early hominids, more particularly of Paranthropus, dating back between 4.5 million and 2.5 million years, as well as ...