Standing just 3 feet, 4.5 inches (1.03 meters) tall, the adult Paranthropus robustus, who died 2 million years ago, is even ...

The species Paranthropus robustus was named in 1938, based on South African fossils. Although specimens have been found from six caves, all are tightly bunched in the Cradle of Humankind near ...

That tag doesn't fit a species that was able to thrive for a million years. “Just because some Paranthropus robustus individuals — including that represented by the new fossils — were the unfortunate ...

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 ...