This cranium of a robustus juvenile was discovered in a cave at Swartkranz in South Africa in 1949. The two holes in top of the skull were a mystery until it was noted that the holes appear to be punctures made by the canines of a leopard. The reconstructed episode of this individual's death depicted to the right reminds us that early Hominids lived among the great predators of the African plains, and they must therefore have often played the role of hunted prey.
It is also possible that robustus was preyed upon by early human (genus Homo) species, who were omnivorous.
This cranium of a robustus juvenile was discovered in a cave at Swartkranz in South Africa in 1949. The two holes in top of the skull were a mystery until it was noted that the holes appear to be punctures made by the canines of a leopard. The reconstructed episode of this individual's death depicted to the right reminds us that early Hominids lived among the great predators of the African plains, and they must therefore have often played the role of hunted prey.