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 study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

So, for Paranthropus remains that date from roughly 2 million years ago, the team turned to proteins found in teeth. These inevitably get damaged over time—broken down into smaller fragments ...