Working on the pattern of dental wear and facial size displayed in an extensive collection of fossilized skulls and jawbones of Paranthropus robustus (from cave sites in South Africa and dated at between 1.5 and 2 million years ago), a team led by Charles Lockwood concluded there was pronounced sexual dimorphism (males larger than females) and that males matured more slowly than females. (becominghuman.org)
FEET LIKE APE, A. afarensis... The recent description of four articulating foot bones from 3 - 3.5 Myr deposits in the South African cave site of Sterkfontein support this. (bible.ca)
A new study using a high - resolution stalagmite record from Australia with cave sites in southern China reveal a close coupling of monsoon rainfall on both continents, with numerous synchronous pluvial and drought periods, suggesting that the tropical rain belt expanded and contracted numerous times at multidecadal to centennial scales. (usclivar.org)