Tiny Hominin Discovery Sheds Light on Paranthropus Mystery

Quick Summary

• A fossilized left leg discovered in South Africa belongs to one of the smallest adult hominins ever found.
• The species has been identified as Paranthropus robustus, part of the Paranthropus genus-which lived alongside early humans between 2.7 and 1.2 million years ago.
• These ape-like hominins had heavily built skulls wiht small brains and large teeth, distinguishing them from other members of the human evolutionary timeline.
• The newly unearthed specimen is smaller than even Homo floresiensis,often referred to as “hobbits.”

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