africanus

• “The term P. africanus is now used to describe certain Miocene ape fossils from Koru and Songhor.”

  Simon & Schuster: Ancestral Passions

• “Study author Sandi Copeland and her team studied teeth from a group of extinct Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus individuals from two adjacent cave systems in South Africa, finding that more than half of the female teeth were from outside the local area.”

  USA Today: Even ancient men seemed to like their man caves

• “Mystery bird: yellow-billed oxpecker, Buphagus africanus”

  The Guardian: High doses of common painkillers increase stroke risk, warn researchers

• “Paleoanthropologist Richard Potts of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington suspects the sediba pair represent the last descendants of the "Australopithecus africanus" hominids that arose around 2.8 million years ago, rather than a predecessor of modern humans.”

  Fossils offer 'window' into human evolution

• “Five fossil human skulls show how the shape of the face and braincase of early humans changed over the past 2.5 million years. (from left to right: Australopithecus africanus, 2.5 million years old; Homo rudolfensis, 1.9 million years old; Homo erectus, ~ 1 million years old; Homo heidelbergensis, ~350,000 years old; Homo sapiens, ~ 4,800 years old)”

  Smithsonian human origins exhibit elicits awe, protests

• “Republicans -- like their mascot the elephant, loxodonata africanus -- are herd animals and understand protecting the tribe is their number one priority.”

  The Huffington Post: Will Durst: Swamp Drainage Detritus

• “Au. sediba is most similar to, and quite likely descended from, Au. africanus.”

  Australopithecus sediba and the creationist response - The Panda's Thumb

• “Some scientists have even suggested that it may be a late-surviving variant of Au. africanus.”

  Australopithecus sediba and the creationist response - The Panda's Thumb

• “In summary, the evidence for including Au. africanus within the human holobaramin appears quite weak.”

  Creationist vs. creationist on Homo habilis - The Panda's Thumb

• “The position of Au. africanus is somewhat less clear.”

  Creationist vs. creationist on Homo habilis - The Panda's Thumb

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