Kalmar "Paranthropus" tana nufin wani nau'in hominins da suka rayu a Afirka a lokacin Pliocene da farkon zamanin Pleistocene, kimanin shekaru miliyan 2.6 zuwa miliyan 1.2 da suka wuce. Wadannan hominins suna da alaƙa da ƙaƙƙarfan ƙwanƙwasa da sifofin haƙora, waɗanda suka dace da cin abinci na ciyayi mai tauri. Ana kuma kiran nau'in Paranthropus a wasu lokuta a matsayin "australopithecines masu ƙarfi" kuma ana ɗaukar su a matsayin reshe na gefe na bishiyar juyin halittar ɗan adam wanda a ƙarshe ya kai ga ɗan adam na zamani.