Analysis - For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early humans: Paranthropus robustus. It walked upright, and was built ...

Modern humans (Homo sapiens) are the only existing members of the human family tree. However, our evolutionary journey began around 6 million years ago and gave rise to at least 18 species, ...

Scientists made a surprising discovery when studying fossils of a distant human relative – Paranthropus robustus ...

Fossils of Australopithecus, Kenyanthropus, and Paranthropus species show a mix of adaptations that have ape-like and human-like characteristics. The most recent genus, Homo, includes species that ...