A newly classified Paranthropus species, P. capensis, has been identified from a 1.4 million-year-old jawbone.

In 1949, a fossil jaw was discovered in a cave and has now been identified as belonging to a previously unknown human ...

The newfound species belongs to the genus Paranthropus, whose nickname is "nutcracker man." ...

Scientists say a new, never-before seen species of human ancestor roamed the Earth as recently as one million years ago.

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The new study revealed that the ancient jaw named SK 15 was originally unearthed in 1949 in a South African cave known as ...

A 1.4-million-year-old fossil jaw discovered in a South African cave in 1949 has now been identified as that of a previously ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown human relative from a 1.4-million-year-old fossilized jawbone, reshaping our ...

Paranthropus capensis, a “gorilla-like” human relative that lived in southern Africa some 1.4 million years ago. A new study focuses on a hominin jawbone known as SK 15 that was unearthed in 1949 at ...

The tools, consisting of sharpened stone flakes, are believed to have been made by early hominins named Paranthropus, who are considered to be the first pre-human species to walk upright. This region ...

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