Before this discovery, three Paranthropus species were known: ・P. aethiopicus (an early species found in East Africa) ・P. boisei (the most robust species, with massive teeth and thick skulls ...

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 the leopard's fangs ...

Live Science reports that bones from one of the smallest human ancestors, who lived two million years ago, were retrieved ...

(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 ...