A 1.4 million-year-old fossil jaw belongs to a previously unknown human relative from southern Africa, a new study finds. The ...

Paranthropus have previously been dubbed the 'nutcracker men' because of their extremely big jaws, robust skull bones and large molar teeth. They walked on two legs, but had smaller brains than ...

The new study revealed that the ancient jaw named SK 15 was originally unearthed in 1949 in a South African cave known as ...

Paranthropus capensis, a “gorilla-like” human relative that lived in southern Africa some 1.4 million years ago. A new study focuses on a hominin jawbone known as SK 15 that was unearthed in 1949 at ...

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. Photos of the fossil jaw (Lazarus Kgasi ...

It comes from a new species of the genus Paranthropus ... the fossil’s teeth features differed from previously discovered specimens of the genus known as P aethiopicus, P boisei and P robustus.

It comes from a new species of the genus Paranthropus ... They found the fossil’s teeth features differed from previously discovered specimens of the genus known as P aethiopicus, P boisei and P ...