Newly discovered fossil shows small-scale evolutionary changes in an extinct human species

ScienceDaily
Nov 9, 2020, 12:06 pm106 pts
Males of the extinct human species Paranthropus robustus were thought to be substantially larger than females -- much like the size differences seen in modern-day primates such as gorillas, orangutans and baboons. But a new fossil discovery in South Africa instead suggests that P. robustus evolved rapidly…

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