Paranthropus boisei, robustus, and aethiopicus represent a powerful but ultimately extinct branch of human evolution. Known ...

The first fossil hominins were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century in South Africa, just over half a century after the publication of Darwin’s milestone work The Origin of Species ...

For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early humans: Paranthropus robustus. It walked upright, and was built for heavy ...

A 3D computerized model of the surface of the area near Lake Turkana in Kenya shows fossil footprints of Paranthropus boisei (vertical footprints) with separate footprints of Homo erectus forming a ...

In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you picture human evolution. These finds, dating back between 2.6 and 2.8 ...

A fossilised left leg unearthed in South Africa belongs to one of the smallest adult hominins ever discovered – smaller even than the so-called “hobbit”, Homo floresiensis.

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic jaw and powerfully constructed biting muscles. Its coarse-grass and reed ...

Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei. They have been surprised by a mix of human-like and gorilla-like traits in the ...

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