Australopithecus Robustus
Africanus and paranthropus robustus.
Australopithecus robustus. Australopithecus robustus sk 46 is the fossilised partial cranium and palate of australopithecus paranthropus robustus. Boisei are also referred to as robust australopiths. Robustus individuals their characteristically wide dish shaped face a large sagittal crest provided a large area. It was discovered in swartkrans south africa by local quarrymen and robert broom in 1949.
The robust australopithecines members of the extinct hominin genus paranthropus were bipedal hominids that probably descended from the gracile australopithecine hominids. They had very large megadont cheek teeth with thick enamel and focused their chewing in the back of the jaw. Paranthropus robustus is an example of a robust australopithecine. Circa 2 000 000 bp 1 500 000 bp.
Paranthropus robustus or australopithecus robustus was originally discovered at kromdraai in south africa in 1938 by the anthropologist robert broom. Australopithecus species are thought to have eaten mainly fruit vegetables and tubers and perhaps easy to catch animals such as small lizards. Early analyses of dental microwear in these two species showed. Large zygomatic arches cheek bones allowed the passage of large chewing muscles to the jaw and gave p.
Much research has focused on a comparison between the south african species a. Australopithecus australopithecus australopithecus robustus and australopithecus boisei.