australopithecus

Noun
  1. Extinct genus of African hominid (synset 102478452)
    is a type of: mammal genus - a genus of mammals
    member holonym:
    • australopithecine - any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago
    • australopithecus afarensis - fossils found in Ethiopia; from 3.5 to 4 million years ago
    • lucy - incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
    • australopithecus africanus - gracile hominid of southern Africa; from about 3 million years ago
    • australopithecus boisei - large-toothed hominid of eastern Africa; from 1 to 2 million years ago
    • australopithecus robustus - large-toothed hominid of southern Africa; from 1.5 to 2 million years ago; formerly Paranthropus
    belongs to: family hominidae, hominidae - modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man
    same as: genus australopithecus

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