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CONSIDER THE CRANIUMS.

Authors :
POWELL, ERIC A.
Source :
Archaeology. May/Jun2021, Vol. 74 Issue 3, p11-11. 2/3p. 2 Color Photographs.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

The article reports on the two-million-year-old skull, dubbed DNH 155, unearthed in the Drimolen Main Quarry north of Johannesburg, South Africa, as of May 2021, which belongs to the earliest known and best-preserved member of the species Paranthropus robustus, a small-brained hominin that lived around the same time as Homo erectus, the direct ancestor of humans.

Subjects

Subjects :
*SKULL
*PARANTHROPUS
*ARCHAEOLOGY

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00038113
Volume :
74
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Archaeology
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
149427021