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The genus or group Paranthropus currently includes three species, P. boisei, P. robustus, and P. aethiopicus. They are collectively known as the ‘robusts’ because of their extremely large jaws and molar teeth. They are our distant ‘cousins’ rather than our direct relatives.
10 de jul. de 2023 · A Paranthropus robustus skull. Credit: Sabena Jane Blackbird/Alamy. Hominins — humans and their ancient relatives — emerged in Africa some seven million years ago. Now researchers have gleaned ...
Paranthropus robustus. Se caracterizaba por unos huesos especialmente gruesos. Volumen craneano de entre 500 y 530 cm³, cara alta y alargada. Piezas dentarias macizas. Situado entre 1,8 y 1,5 m.a. El Paranthropus robustus coexistió con los Homo durante un millón de años, hasta que se extinguió.
Paranthropus tool use is also supported by a series of studies that tentatively assigned Swartkrans hand fossils with a modern human-like precision grip to P. robustus 65,71-74.
Other articles where Australopithecus robustus is discussed: Kromdraai: …known for its fossils of Paranthropus robustus. Kromdraai is a limestone cave that has occasionally had openings to the surface. The remains of hominins (members of the human lineage) found in it are associated with animals that are thought to be about two million years old and that were adapted…
9 de nov. de 2020 · Paranthropus robustus is a small-brained extinct hominin from South Africa characterized by derived, robust craniodental morphology. The most complete known skull of this species is DNH 7 from ...
8 de feb. de 2021 · Paranthropus robustus is a relatively small-brained species of hominin that lived in South Africa between c .2 and 1.04 million years ago. First described by Robert Broom in 1938, the species is considered a cousin of Homo sapiens rather than a direct ancestor. Indeed, around two million years ago Paranthropus robustus appears on the landscape ...
