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 million years ago.

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

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

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

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 ...

A fragment of a hip bone from the newly discovered P. robustus skeleton from Swartkrans, South Africa. | Credit: Jason L. Heaton "These small early hominin individuals are reconstructed as shorter ...

That’s why the hip, thigh, and shinbone found at Swartkrans Cave – the first place P. robustus and Homo fossils were found together – are so significant. They look like smaller versions of ...