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Two-million-year-old skull of human 'cousin' unearthed


Thomas.Dodson

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For those with an interest in hominin paleontology this article describes the discovery of a significant find, a Paranthropus robustus skull.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54882214

 

Here is a link to the actual paper in Nature Ecology and Evolution (paywalled).

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-01319-6

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What a beautiful cranium

“...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin

Happy hunting,

Mason

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