The discovery of new fossils in Swartkrans Cave, South Africa, has reshaped our understanding of Paranthropus robustus, an ...

For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains.

Imagine the scene, around 3 million years ago in what is now east Africa. By the side of a river, an injured antelope keels ...

For a long time, tool technology was seen as a uniquely human trait, associated with the genus ‘Homo’. Now we know tools go ...

The newly discovered fossils of Paranthropus robustus reveal a species much smaller than previously thought, yet surprisingly ...

A reconstruction of the famous Austrolopithecus afarensis Lucy. Which hominin made the bone tools at Olduvai Gorge remains a ...

Paranthropus robustus was a species of prehistoric human that lived in South Africa about 2 million years ago, alongside Homo ...

A reconstruction of the famous Austrolopithecus afarensis Lucy. Which hominin made the bone tools at ... Ancient humans — also called hominins — such as the robust Australopithecus are known to have ...

Edmonds College’s Anthropology Department showcased what students are learning in the field of anthropology during an open ...