Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was also extremely small and ...

Scientists have discovered leg bones belonging to an ancient human ancestor at the Swartkrans Cave, located halfway between ...

Learn more about how Paranthropus robustus lived 2 million years ago, an evolutionary cousin to humans.

The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short ...

The discovery of new fossils in Swartkrans Cave, South Africa, has reshaped our understanding of Paranthropus robustus, an early hominin species that lived around 2 million years ago. The latest ...

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 ...

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 ...

The newly discovered fossils of Paranthropus robustus reveal a species much smaller than previously thought, yet surprisingly capable of walking upright. This find challenges our understanding of ...

The species Paranthropus robustus was named in 1938, based on South African fossils. Although specimens have been found from six caves, all are tightly bunched in the Cradle of Humankind near ...

(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 ...

A groundbreaking fossil discovery at Swartkrans Cave has revealed that an early human ancestor walked upright, providing new insights into its size and vulnerability to predators. A team of ...

Paranthropus robustus, an Early Pleistocene hominin species native to South Africa, has intrigued scientists for decades. Known primarily through its craniodental fossils found at Kromdraai, Drimolen, ...