australopithecine
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Noun
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is a type of: hominid - a primate of the family Hominidaesubtypes:
- australopithecus afarensis - fossils found in Ethiopia; from 3.5 to 4 million years ago
- 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
- genus zinjanthropus, zinjanthropus - genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned
- australopithecus robustus - large-toothed hominid of southern Africa; from 1.5 to 2 million years ago; formerly Paranthropus
- genus paranthropus, paranthropus - former classification for Australopithecus robustus
belongs to: australopithecus, genus australopithecus - extinct genus of African hominid
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