Meaning | Extinct genus of African hominid. |
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Synonym | Australopithecus |
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Member of | Hominidae, family Hominidae | modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man |
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Members | 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 |
Lucy | incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974 |
australopithecine | Any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus |
Broader | mammal genus | A genus of mammals |
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Spanish | genus australopithecus |
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Catalan | Australopithecus, genus australopithecus |
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Adjectives | australopithecine | of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus |
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