Cranial variation in South African specimens of Paranthropus robustus illustrate temporal changes that suggest how the morphology of this hominin fossil species related to its palaeoenvironment and microevolutionary processes.
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Potts, R. Microevolution in our megadont relative. Nat Ecol Evol 5, 14–16 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01339-2
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