Paranthropus boisei, Paranthropus robustus, and Paranthropus aethiopicus are examined as a distinct but debated branch of ...

The African continent is splitting along a triple junction of rifts that converge in Afar, Ethiopia. A new ocean may take ...

Human species have appeared in many different sizes throughout human evolution. But a team of researchers has recently identified what may be the smallest yet. Newly analysed fossils suggest that ...

A newly found jawbone shows that Paranthropus was far more widespread and versatile than scientists once believed. The discovery suggests early humans were not alone or dominant during this critical ...

In a new paper published in Nature, a team led by University of Chicago paleoanthropologist Zeresenay Alemseged reported the discovery of the first Paranthropus specimen from the Afar region of ...

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The fragments of the Paranthropus mandible after being assembled in the field by Professor Zeresenay Alemseged. (Image courtesy of Alemseged Research Group via EurekAlert!) A Jawbone from Mille-Logya ...

A partial lower jaw discovered in Afar, Ethiopia expands the known geographic distribution of Paranthropus northward by 1000 km, revealing the genus to be more widespread and adaptively versatile than ...

The newly-discovered fossil — a 2.6-million-year-old partial lower jaw found in the Afar region of Ethiopia — represents the first known specimen of Paranthropus ever discovered there and is among the ...

Paranthropus boisei, robustus, and aethiopicus represent a powerful but ultimately extinct branch of human evolution. Known for massive jaws and specialized diets, these hominins evolved alongside ...

A recent discovery at Lake Turkana in Kenya has scientists thinking there may have been two ancestral human species — or hominins — coexisting together. Thanks to a patch of wet silt that was buried ...

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 ...