Paranthropus robustus
Americannoun
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an extinct species of large-toothed bipedal hominin, formerly named Australopithecus robustus, that lived in southern Africa about 1.5–2 million years ago.
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a fossil belonging to this species.
Etymology
Origin of Paranthropus robustus
First recorded in 1935–40; from New Latin; Paranthropus ( def. ) + Latin rōbustus “oaken, hard, firm, strong”; see origin at robust
Example Sentences
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For now, the Paranthropus robustus mystery has grown deeper, more intricate, and infinitely more fascinating.
From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2025
Ms. Good would eventually learn that she had unearthed a two-million-year-old skull that belonged to Paranthropus robustus, our large-toothed, small-brained ancient human cousin.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2020
Paranthropus includes Paranthropus robustus of South Africa, and Paranthropus aethiopicus and Paranthropus boisei of East Africa.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
One species, Paranthropus robustus, even ate a mostly C4 diet, as Thure Cerling of the University of Utah and his colleagues reported last June in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.
From Scientific American • Mar. 20, 2012
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