Researchers have extracted 2-million-year-old protein remains from Paranthropus robustus teeth to reveal biological sex and genetic variability.

Analysis - 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 ...

Paranthropus had distinctive traits that make them a key part of our evolutionary story. This video explains their significance and what scientists have uncovered about them.

Two-million-year-old teeth transform theory of prehistoric human evolution Changes in the appearance of ancient teeth could act as a new evolutionary marker, writes Ian Towle ...

Uniform, circular, and shallow pitting on two Paranthropus robustus teeth from Drimolen Main Quarry (Journal of Human Evolution) ...

The Omo collection includes teeth attributed to Paranthropus, Australopithecus and Homo, the three most recent and well-known hominin genera.

In a groundbreaking study, researchers from the University of Cape Town and the University of Copenhagen reveal new insights into Paranthropus robustus, an extinct cousin of modern humans. By ...

Researchers from UCT and the University of Copenhagen have made a groundbreaking discovery by analysing 2-million-year-old proteins from ancient hominins, revealing insights into biological sex ...