The findings suggest at least two Paranthropus species coexisted in southern Africa about 1.4 million years ago — P. robustus and P. capensis. "They probably had different ecological niches ...

The skull, which they found in South Africa, is of the species Paranthropus robustus, a cousin species to our predecessors, ...

The fossil, labeled SK 15, was originally unearthed in 1949 at Swartkrans Cave, a site known for yielding fossils from both early Homo species and Paranthropus robustus. Initially, researchers ...

Scientists previously knew about three Paranthropus species including P.aethiopicus, P.boisei and P. robustus. They lived between one million and 2.7 million years ago, reports Live Science.

“We tentatively attribute SK 15 to Paranthropus capensis ... The newly discovered species “very likely” split from P robustus over 2 million years ago.

a more gracile species of Paranthropus than the other three currently recognized species of this genus,” they said. The newly discovered species “very likely” split from P robustus over 2 ...