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Definition of: Australopithecus

(ô·strā′lō·pi·thēkəs) noun
A genus of small-brained primates of the Pliocene and early Pleistocene, first identified from a fossil juvenile skull found in 1924 at Taungs, South Africa; subsequent remains confirm its position as a transitional form between ape and man. Also called Taungs skull.
—Aus·tra
lo·pi·the′cine (-thēsīn, -sin) adjective
[<NL <L australis southern + Gk. pithēkos ape]

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Australopithecus afarensis
Australopithecus africanus
Australopithecus sediba
species Australopithecus
Australopithecus garhi
Australopithecus anamensis
Australopithecus bahrelghazali
lucy Australopithecus
genus Australopithecus
Australopithecus robustus
Australopithecus boisei
Australopithecus genus
complete Australopithecus
Australopithecus paranthropus
Australopithecus fossils

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