Afar fossil shows broad distribution and versatility of Paranthropus

Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09826-x

With its attribution to Paranthropus, a 2.6-million-year-old partial mandible expands the range of the genus into the Afar region of Ethiopia and adds to our understanding of hominin evolution in eastern Africa.