Found in Swartkrans Cave, South Africa, the fossil was long believed to belong to the early human species Homo ergaster. However, a new study utilizing advanced X-ray scans and 3D modeling has ...

However, since the 1960s, researchers suggested it actually belonged to the relatively slender early human species known as Homo ergaster. Related: Why did Homo sapiens outlast all other human ...

The group of fossils, belonging to a single, young adult, prove that Paranthropus robustus were habitual upright walkers, much like modern humans and their Homo ergaster neighbors. The new discovery ...

About 2 million years ago, in South Africa, a prehistoric human species, Paranthropus robustus, shared its habitat with Homo ergaster, a direct ancestor of modern humans. A recent discovery in the ...

A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres may have been used by hominin species ... of a Homo cf. ergaster ...