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 ...

A newly discovered fossil of Paranthropus robustus, an early human relative, reveals that it walked upright like modern ...

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 ...

(Image Credit: Jason L. Heaton) A fossil leopard lower jawbone next to a skull fragment of a juvenile Paranthropus robustus. Note the two punctures in the skull, which match the spacing of the tips of ...

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 ...