Paranthropus had distinctive traits that make them a key part of our evolutionary story. This video explains their significance and what scientists have uncovered about them.

Small clusters of pits in tooth enamel may be traced back to a single evolutionary lineage millions of years ago.

The Omo collection includes teeth attributed to Paranthropus, Australopithecus and Homo, the three most recent and well-known hominin genera. This allowed us to track the telltale pitting across ...

The Omo collection includes teeth attributed to Paranthropus, Australopithecus and Homo, the three most recent and well-known hominin genera.

These pits were first identified in the South African species Paranthropus robustus, a close relative of our own genus Homo. They are highly consistent in shape and size: uniform, circular and shallow ...

According to the researchers, Paranthropus lived in Africa between 2.8 and 1.2 million years ago, walking upright and likely coexisting with early members of Homo.

Sequencing of enamel proteins from four Paranthropus robustus teeth, dated to 1.8–2.2 million years ago, enabled identification of biological sex and revealed molecular differences, ...

By studying proteins preserved in teeth, researchers determined the sex of four Paranthropus robustus individuals that lived ...

The skull of Paranthropus robustus SK48. Credit: José Braga / Didier Descouens / Ditsong National Museum of Natural History / Wikimedia Commons Dr. Marc Dickinson, co-author of the study and ...