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Australopithecus

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Noun1.AustralopithecusAustralopithecus - extinct genus of African hominid    
genus Australopithecus
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
family Hominidae, Hominidae - modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man
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


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Selam belonged to the species Australopithecus afarensis, which shares characteristics with both apes and modern humans.
Face of the past by Jango-Cohen, Judith / Science World
2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis skeleton from eastern Africa, Jungers says.
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The species, known as Australopithecus afarensis, had legs and could walk upright, but its shoulder blades and neck were like those of a young gorilla.
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