- Australopithecus - Wikipedia
Australopithecus ( ˌɒstrələˈpɪθɪkəs, - loʊ - , OS-trə-lə-PITH-i-kəs, -loh-; [1] or ( ɒsˌtrələpɪˈθiːkəs , os-TRA-lə-pi-THEE-kəs[2] from Latin australis 'southern' and Ancient Greek πίθηκος (pithekos) 'ape'[3]) is a genus of early hominins that existed in Africa during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene
- Australopithecus | Characteristics Facts | Britannica
Australopithecus, group of extinct primates closely related to modern humans and known from fossils from eastern, north-central, and southern Africa The various species lived 4 4 million to 1 4 million years ago, during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs
- Australopithecus afarensis | The Smithsonian Institutions Human . . .
Australopithecus afarensis is one of the longest-lived and best-known early human species—paleoanthropologists have uncovered remains from more than 300 individuals! Found between 3 85 and 2 95 million years ago in Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania), this species survived for more than 900,000 years, which is over four times as long
- Australopithecus: origin, extinction and characteristics
Australopithecus, often referred to as australopithecines, is the name given to an extinct genus of hominid primates Up to seven distinct species within this genus are known to have lived in prehistoric Africa around 4 million years ago
- Australopithecus Facts and Figures - ThoughtCo
Australopithecus was an ancestor of modern humans and lived about two to three million years ago Australopithecus had a small brain and mainly ate plants, but may have used tools to eat meat Australopithecus was similar in some ways to humans but had a small brain and looked chimp-like
- Australopithecus and Kin | Learn Science at Scitable - Nature
Australopithecus was an adaptive radiation of hominins that lived 4 2-2 million years ago Who were these tough-chewing, ground-dwelling bipeds? What do they tell us about our early evolution?
- The Genus Australopithecus - Columbia University
About 4 4 millions years ago, a different type of primate emerged The first bipedal primates are classified by Paleontologists as hominids, and these first hominids had not yet developed the large brain, teeth structure, and skeletal features identified as Homo
- Australopithecus - Encyclopedia. com
Australopithecus (ôstrā´lōpĬth´əkəs, –pəthē´kəs), an extinct genus of the hominid family found in Africa between about 4 and 1 million years ago At least seven species of australopithecines are now generally recognized, including Australopithecus afarensis,A africanus,A bahrelghazali,A
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