A 1.4 million-year-old fossil jaw belongs to a previously unknown human relative from southern Africa, a new study finds. The extinct human relative is from the genus Paranthropus, whose nickname is "nutcracker man" because of its massive jaws and huge molars.

Paranthropus capensis, a “gorilla-like” human relative that lived in southern Africa some 1.4 million years ago. A new study focuses on a hominin jawbone known as SK 15 that was unearthed in 1949 at Swartkrans,

While the modern day human is usually linked to homo sapiens, scientists have discovered another human relative that had been previously unknown. A new study found that a 1.4 million-year-old jaw belonged to the genus Paranthropus from southern Africa.