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| Australopithecus | |
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| Australopithecus africanus as it appeared in Walking with Beasts | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorrhini |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Tribe: | Hominini |
| Subtribe: | †Australopithecina |
| Genus: | †Australopithecus R.A. Dart, 1925 |
| Type species | |
| †Australopithecus africanus R.A. Dart, 1925 | |
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Australopithecus is a human relative from Pleistocene Africa. It had an enlarged skull, a protruding forehead, had a social hierarchial authority, and was able to use tools. It was one of the earliest humans (following Sahelanthropus).
Species
- †A. africanus (R.A. Dart, 1925)
- †A. deyiremeda (Haile-Selassie et al., 2015)
- †A. garhi (Asfaw et al., 1997)
- †A. sediba (Berger et al., 2010)
- Also called Paranthropus
- †P. aethiopicus (Olson, 1985)
- †P. garhi (Asfaw et al., 1997)
- †P. robustus (Broom, 1938)
- Also called Praeanthropus
- †A. afarensis (Johanson & White, 1978)
- †A. anamensis (M.G. Leakey et al., 1995)
- †A. bahrelghazali (Brunet et al., 1995)
In Popular Culture
Walking with Beasts Australopithecus
Gallery
A group of Australopithecus in Primeval.
Cha-Ka and his siblings Ta and Sa a financial species of Australopithecus called Pakuni.
A young Australopithecus and an adult human.
Australopithecus in the bottom left corner watching Gigantopithecus.
Australopithecus and a snake.
