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New fossil discovery of an early human ancestor reveals that it walked upright, just like humans

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Fossils of Paranthropus robustus are found in abundance at Swartkrans Cave , situated about halfway between Johannesburg and Pretoria , South Africa .

The fossil not only demonstrates that the species was, like modern humans, a habitual upright walker, but also confirms it was also extremely small.

It is estimated that this individual was only about a meter tall and 27 kg when it died.