Meaning | Any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago. |
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Member of | genus Australopithecus, Australopithecus | Extinct genus of African hominid |
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Narrower | Australopithecus afarensis | fossils found in Ethiopia |
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Australopithecus africanus | gracile hominid of southern Africa |
Australopithecus boisei | large-toothed hominid of eastern Africa |
Australopithecus robustus | large-toothed hominid of southern Africa |
Paranthropus, genus Paranthropus | former classification for Australopithecus robustus |
Zinjanthropus, genus Zinjanthropus | genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned |
Broader | hominid | A primate of the family Hominidae |
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Spanish | australopiteco |
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Catalan | australopitecí, australopitec |
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Adjectives | australopithecine | of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus |
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