Come see the original Paranthropus robustus, a small-brained extinct hominin that occupied the southern African landscape from about 2 million years ago. The species successfully survived alongside our early Homo relatives for a million years. Their diet, life histories and possible tool use provide a fascinating insight into the alternative path to the one taken by our own genus.

On Saturday 27 August:

• 10h00 to 11h00 Stephanie Edwards Baker will give a talk titled Our forgotten cousins: The complexity of Paranthropus robustus.
• 11h00 to 16h00 Specimen viewing.
• Stephanie Baker is a palaeo-anthropologist who specialises in early human ancestor niche development. She is the co-director of research for the Drimolen Fossil Hominin Site.
• Exhibition funded by GENUS Palaeosciences. In collaboration with the Evolutionary Studies Institute. 10 objects in 10 months – each on display for 1 exclusive day each month!
• Spaces are limited. Tickets available on webtickets (public lecture or Centenary Objects exhibition; public lecture includes viewing the specimens).
• R85 adults | R65 pensioners | R40 students and under 12s
• Enquiries: bookings.origins@wits.ac.za; tammy.hodgskiss@wits.ac.za.

Lecture on Paranthropus Robustus - 27 August 2022.jpeg