New fossil discovery of an early human ancestor reveals that it walked upright, just like humans

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Mar 5, 2025, 9:55 am113 pts
Paranthropus robustus was a species of prehistoric human that lived in South Africa about 2 million years ago, alongside Homo ergaster, a direct ancestor of modern people. Fossils of Paranthropus robustus are found in abundance at Swartkrans Cave, situated about halfway between Johannesburg and Pretoria. Much…

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