Robustus was given this name because they were a robust Australopithecine when it comes to their skulls and jaws, the Latin word for strongly built is Robustus.

This discovery proved that there were two kinds of australopithecines — one very robust and one more slender — roaming Africa ...

This proved that the robust Australopithecus were grass eaters. The Changes in the Anatomy of Australopithecus ©Ji-Elle / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license ...

This fossil femur from Olduvai confirms that the larger or robust australopithecines lived in both East and South Africa during the Pleistocene. This specimen and femora from Swartkrans in South ...

This skull is a replica of the Robust Ape Man, discovered in 1938 in South Africa. It has been debated whether this skull belonged to Paranthropus or Australopithecus: two types of hominin.

Australopithecus inhabited eastern and southern Africa from roughly 4.2 to 1.9 million years ago. Our species Homo sapiens appeared roughly 300,000 years ago. The seven individuals studied were ...

Paranthropus boisei was a small-brained hominin, closely related to the ape-like Australopithecus known as Lucy (and still referred to by some as "robust australopithecines").

For the first time, scientists identified the sex of a 3.5-million-year-old Australopithecus africanus using ancient proteins, marking a milestone in the field of paleoanthropology. The study ...

Australopithecus split into several different species. Some developed powerful teeth and jaws and became known as 'robust' while others were more lightly built and dubbed 'gracile'. HOMO HABILIS ...

If Australopithecines were able to manipulate objects, it challenges our understanding of the timeline of human evolution. In sum, these discoveries open new perspectives on our history. Far from ...

This discovery proved that there were two kinds of australopithecines — one very robust and one more slender — roaming Africa 2.5 million to 1 million years ago.

Natural history is a difficult thing to conceptualize. You’ve got eons of undocumented progress, like the evolution of many species. Take, for example, the Australopithecus, an ancient great ape ...