Fossil specimens from the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico, titled "Healthy Southern Ape Skull"
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The robust southern ape, referred to by some researchers as the Homo genus, lived on the newly formed African grasslands 1.5 million years ago. Unlike the more elegant southern apes, the skull features of this species are related to a diet primarily based on hard fruits, bark, and some roots. We can notice that it has a thick and prominent zygomatic arch, with a very large muscle passing through it, ending at the sagittal crest located in the upper part of the skull. Its dentition is very strong and can be seen in very wide and pointed molars. This specimen was discovered by scientist Robert Bloom in 1938 in the Stekfondan Cave near Johannesburg, South Africa.
