ABSTRACT
The site of Swartkrans has long been recognized as the richest single depository of early hominid fossils in southern Africa. Work by R. Broom and J. T. Robinson between 1948 and 1953 and by C. K. Brain between 1965 and 1979 has resulted in the recovery of well over 200 craniodental fossils of Paranthropus from the Member 1 “ Hanging Remnant” breccia. Mann (1975) has estimated that at least 113 individuals are represented by this sample, while more recent estimates by Brain (1981) place this number between 85 and 87.
