One of the smallest human relatives ever found has been unearthed in South Africa. Standing just 3 feet, 4.5 inches (1.03 meters) tall, the adult Paranthropus robustus, who died 2 million years ago, ...

Live Science reports that bones from one of the smallest human ancestors, who lived two million years ago, were retrieved ...

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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 ...

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

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 ...

All breeds of horses are members of the modern species Equus caballus, but experts believe that Friesians are actually descended from an ancient European species called Equus robustus. Unlike most ...

(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 ...

They found that the fossils belonged to a single, young adult Paranthropus robustus, which was much smaller than previously thought, making it highly vulnerable to predators. The study ...

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 ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new fossil discovery of Paranthropus robustus, an early human ancestor, reveals it was a habitual upright walker, similar to modern humans. The individual was ...