Paranthropus robustus (2501.1rp23)

3D Model

*** Paranthropus robustus***

Location: Swartkrans, South Africa.

Age: 1.5-2.0 million years ago.

Material: epoxy resin cast.

Dimensions: length, 178 mm; width, 147 mm; height, 102 mm.

Notes: RLA catalog no. 2501.1rp23 (cast). Fossil discovered in 1952 by R. Broom and J.T. Robinson. Cranium. Cast made by the Wenner-Gren Foundation Casting Program at the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Joy Mersmann.