The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short ...

A fragment of a hip bone from the newly discovered P. robustus skeleton from Swartkrans, South Africa. | Credit: Jason L. Heaton "These small early hominin individuals are reconstructed as shorter ...

Unfortunately, Swartkrans has over the years yielded many fewer bones from the rest of the Paranthropus robustus skeleton, limiting our understanding of its stature, posture, and locomotion ...

Unfortunately, Swartkrans has over the years yielded many fewer bones from the rest of the Paranthropus robustus skeleton, limiting our understanding of its stature, posture, and locomotion ...