australopithecine

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Science by leaders in paleoanthropology found that Homo habilis should be classified as an australopithecine,

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  1. noun Any of several extinct humanlike primates of the genus Australopithecus, known chiefly from Pleistocene fossil remains found in southern and eastern Africa.
  2. adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of these extinct humanlike primates.

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  • This shows the Bonobo compared to an australopithecine like Lucy. —  Susan Savage-Rumbaugh on apes
  • Suppose a gentleman came to you to display the skull of an australopithecine that he had dug up in his back yard. —  Blog updates
  • But if I then got a book about australopithecines published (based on the discovery of the calf skull) was and invited to appear on television shows to talk about australopithecines and to promote my book and, further, starting being described as an "expert" in australopithecine skulls and their excavations, I might think that some level of envy would reasonably result. —  Blog updates
  • Ever since I was a wee nerdling poring through the leatherette-bound wonders of the World Book, I've loved that progression from simian common ancestor, up through the goblinoid australopithecine and the spear-toting Neanderthal, to modern Homo sapiens, who sometimes comes complete with fedora and briefcase, a proudly striding Adonis commuting into the future. —  Vue Weekly
  • Lucy's skeleton is on tour, and is currently on display at the Pacific Science Center - a lovely and interesting place even when the most famous australopithecine in the world isn't holding court. —  Pharyngula
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  1. From New Latin Austrālopithēcus, genus name : Latin austrālis, southern; see austral1 + pithēcus, ape (from Greek pithēkos).
 

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