Oldest Ever Genetic Data of Ancient Human Relative Found in a 2-Million-Year-Old Teeth Excites Archaeologists Genetic ...

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

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

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

The discovery of new fossils in Swartkrans Cave, South Africa, has reshaped our understanding of Paranthropus robustus, an ...

The discovery of 1.5-million-year-old bone tools in Tanzania suggests early human ancestors had advanced cognitive abilities ...

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

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

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 ...

Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 ...

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 ...