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 ago, ...

Paranthropus robustus, often referred to as Australopithecus robustus, coexisted with early members of the genus Homo, including Homo ergaster, an early human ancestor.

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 ...

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

New fossil discoveries in South Africa's Swartkrans Cave shed new light on the physical characteristics and lifestyle of Paranthropus robustus, a species of prehistoric human that lived about two ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Additional fossils recovered from Drimolen belong to a different species -- the more heavily built, robust human ancestor Paranthropus robustus and a third, distinctive species called ...

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.

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 ...