Mutated protein detected in one of four Paranthropuses from 2 million years ago may show greater diversity than expected, team says. Or maybe we were all one ....
we were surprised to discover that what we initially thought was a mutation uniquely describing Paranthropus robustus was actually variable within that group.”.
A fossilized skull of Paranthropus robustus ... Madupe and published in the journal Science, uses ancient enamel proteins to identify whether early members of Paranthropus robustus were male or female ... It’s what we presently call a Paranthropus robustus.