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Australopithecus

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genus australopithecusnoun	extinct genus of african hominid

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genus australopithecusnoun	extinct genus of african hominid
africanus	Latin for "African".
boiseinoun	—
prometheusnoun	(Greek mythology) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.
robustusnoun	—
ardipithecus	a genus of an extinct hominine that lived during the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene epochs in the Afar Depression, Ethiopia.
australopithecus africanus	an extinct species of australopithecine which lived between about 3.3 and 2.1 million years ago in the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of South Africa.
australopithecus afarensis	an extinct species of australopithecine which lived from about 3.9–2.9 million years ago (mya) in the Pliocene of East Africa.
australopithecus sediba	an extinct species of australopithecine recovered from Malapa Cave, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa.
sahelanthropus	an extinct genus of hominid dated to about during the Late Miocene.
australopithecinenoun	(anthropology, paleontology) Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus in the subtribe Australopithecina when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera.
homo ergaster	an extinct species or subspecies of archaic humans who lived in Africa in the Early Pleistocene.
paranthropus aethiopicus	an extinct species of robust australopithecine from the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of East Africa about 2.7–2.3 million years ago.
australopithecus garhi	a species of australopithecine from the Bouri Formation in the Afar Region of Ethiopia 2.6–2.5 million years ago (mya) during the Early Pleistocene.
robust australopithecinenoun	(paleontology) Any member of the species sometimes considered to belong to the genus Paranthropus.
neanderthalnoun	Of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis.
paranthropus boisei	a species of australopithecine from the Early Pleistocene of East Africa about 2.5 to 1.15 million years ago.
gracile australopithecinenoun	(paleontology) Any member of the species belonging to the genus Australopithecus, excluding those sometimes considered to belong to the genus Paranthropus.
dryopithecus	a genus of extinct great apes from the middle–late Miocene boundary of Europe 12.5 to 11.1 million years ago (mya).
chororapithecus	an extinct great ape from the Afar region of Ethiopia roughly 8 million years ago during the Late Miocene, comprising one species, C. abyssinicus.