The fossilized remains of one of the smallest known human relatives have been unearthed in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind ...

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

Researcher Cazenave emphasizes, "these fossils show that this species, comparable to modern humans, walked upright but was ...

The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short — and ended up as a leopard's lunch.

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

Paranthropus robustus fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal new insights into their diet, social structure, and survival 2 ...

A new study found that a 1.4 million-year-old jaw belonged to the genus Paranthropus from southern Africa. The exctinct spieces is nicknamed "nutcracker man" because of its huge jaws and molars.

A newly discovered fossil of Paranthropus robustus, an early human relative, reveals that it walked upright like modern humans. This species lived in South Africa around 2 million years ago, alongside ...

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 ...

Unfortunately, Swartkrans has, over the years, yielded many fewer bones from the rest of the Paranthropus robustus skeleton, limiting our understanding of its stature, posture, and locomotion.A major ...