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Australopithecines
Australopithecus
Australopithecus (AW-struh-loh-PITH-i-kuhs, /ˌɒstrələˈpɪθɪkəs, ˌɔː-, -loʊ-/; etymology Latin australis "southern", Greek πίθηκος pithekos "ape"; informal australopithecine or australopith, although the term australopithecine has a broader meaning as a member of the subtribe Australopithecina which includes this genus as well as Paranthropus, Kenyanthropus, Ardipithecus, and Praeanthropus ) is an extinct genus of hominins. From paleontological and archaeological evidence, the Australopithecus genus apparently evolved in eastern Africa around 4 million years ago before spreading throughout the continent and eventually becoming extinct...
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Australopithecus africanus
speciesAustralopithecus africanus
Australopithecus afarensis
speciesAustralopithecus afarensis
Australopithecus robustus
speciesAustralopithecus robustus
Australopithecus boisei
speciesAustralopithecus boisei
Australopithecus garhi
speciesAustralopithecus garhi
Australopithecus anamensis
speciesAustralopithecus anamensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 127274.