However, to confirm that P. robustus fossils have different ancestry, we will need to take samples of tooth enamel protein from more of their teeth.

The discovery is not the first evidence that early mammals preyed on dinosaurs — the remains of a Psittacosaurus were found in the stomach of R. robustus in a discovery documented in January 2005.

The group of spiders formerly known as A. robustus had posed something of a puzzle to scientists for some time. Although they were all lumped together, there seemed to be some regional variation ...

Others believe A. robustus evolved from A. africanus. Like all of the other Autralopithecus species, A. boisei walked upright. 2.3 - 1.1 mya first fossil found 1959 ...

For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early humans: Paranthropus robustus. It walked upright, and was built for ...

Paranthropus robustus, unlike any of the other species analysed in this study, exhibits an unusual orientation, i.e. "twist," of the tooth roots, which suggests a slight rotational and back-and ...

Initially, we thought the pits might be unique to P. robustus. But our latest research shows this kind of pitting also occurs in other Paranthropus species in eastern Africa.

The two-million-year-old skull of Paranthropus robustus, a large-toothed, small-brained ancient human cousin. It is the earliest and best-preserved specimen found so far of the species, which ...

However, to confirm that P. robustus fossils have different ancestry, we will need to take samples of tooth enamel protein from more of their teeth.

Researchers have extracted 2-million-year-old protein remains from Paranthropus robustus teeth to reveal biological sex and genetic variability.

Further to the south and west dwells the Southern Sydney funnel-web (Atrax montanus), a species originally described in 1914 and later folded into A. robustus. Turns out it was indeed a different ...