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

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

With continued excavation at Swartkrans, researchers hope to uncover more of SWT1/HR-2’s skeleton, which could further ...

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

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

The board's grievances included claims of inadequate copyediting, misuse ... Paranthropus robustus was a species of prehistoric human that lived in South Africa about 2 million years ago ...