New fossil discoveries in South Africa's Swartkrans Cave shed new light on the physical characteristics and lifestyle of ...

Paranthropus was an ape-like hominin that survived alongside early humans for more than a million years. A fossilised leg ...

The left leg and hip bones belong to a Paranthropus robustus adult female that stood only three foot four inches tall, even more diminutive than the famous “Lucy.” P. robustus wasn’t a ...

Paranthropus robustus was a species of prehistoric human that lived in South Africa about 2 million years ago, alongside Homo ergaster, a direct ancestor of modern people. Fossils of Paranthropus ...

They found that the fossils belonged to a single, young adult Paranthropus robustus, which was much smaller than previously thought, making it highly vulnerable to predators. The study ...

Researchers who found what they identified as a fossil of a Paranthropus robustus female, estimated she stood just under 3 feet 4.5 inches. That’s about half an inch shorter than the famous “Lucy” and ...

One of the smallest human relatives ever found has been unearthed in South Africa. Standing just 3 feet, 4.5 inches (1.03 meters) tall, the adult Paranthropus robustus, who died 2 million years ...

About 2 million years ago, in South Africa, a prehistoric human species, Paranthropus robustus, shared its habitat with Homo ergaster, a direct ancestor of modern humans. A recent discovery in the ...

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 ...

A team of researchers ... Paranthropus robustus was a species of prehistoric human that lived in South Africa about 2 million years ago, alongside Homo ergaster, a direct ancestor of modern people.