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.

The Omo collection includes teeth attributed to Paranthropus, Australopithecus and Homo, the three most recent and well-known hominin genera. This allowed us to track the telltale pitting across ...

The Omo collection includes teeth attributed to Paranthropus, Australopithecus and Homo, the three most recent and well-known hominin genera. This allowed us to track the telltale pitting across ...

These pits were first identified in the South African species Paranthropus robustus, a close relative of our own genus Homo. They are highly consistent in shape and size: uniform, circular and shallow ...

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 ...

More information: Palesa P. Madupe et al, Enamel proteins reveal biological sex and genetic variability in southern African Paranthropus, Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adt9539 ...

Paranthropus, which lived between 2.8 and 1 million years ago alongside other early hominins like Australopithecus and Homo, has traditionally been viewed as a single evolutionary group. However, ...

Paranthropus robustus is an extinct hominin genus that emerged and evolved in Africa between 2.8 and 1.2 million years ago. Considered a “side branch” of our evolutionary tree, Paranthropus coexisted ...

Archaeologists recovered teeth from four members of the species Paranthropus robustus, a two-legged human relative who lived between 1.8 million and 1.2 million years ago, from Swartkrans, a ...