Paranthropus robustus is a well-documented hominin species with no genetic evidence reported so far. It lived between 2 million and 1.2 million years ago in what is now South Africa. In new research, ...

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 ...

来自南非的研究人员通过古蛋白质组学技术，对约200万年前的南方非洲傍人 (Paranthropus robustus)牙齿化石进行质谱测序，首次实现该古人类物种的性别鉴定与遗传变异分析。研究不仅发现AMELY特异性肽段标记的性别二态性，还通过氨基酸多态性和釉质-牙本质交界形态差异揭示其亚群分化，为早期人科 ...

At age 12, she helped her parents at the KFRP excavate the fossil remains of the Turkana Boy — the most complete Homo erectus skeleton from 1.5 million years ago.

Paranthropus Aethiopicus and Paranthropus Boisei seemed to have lived in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania while Paranthropus Robustus seemed to have only lived in South Africa.

A groundbreaking discovery in Kenya has revealed footprints left by two distinct species of hominins, offering the first clear evidence that these prehistoric relatives coexisted in the same habitat ...

In some cases, the megadont cheek teeth of Paranthropus boisei were four times the size of our own. The cranium is mostly complete, however, missing pieces are indicated in light yellow. OH 5 is about ...

A fossilised jawbone discovered in South Africa has been classified as belonging to a previously unidentified human relative. The specimen, estimated to be 1.4 million years old, has been attributed ...