Australopithecus

Translingual
Australopithecus (reconstruction}

Wikispecies

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin australis (“southern”) + Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”), named by Australian anatomist Raymond Dart in 1925 in reference to the type specimen having been found in South Africa.

Proper noun

†Australopithecus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – a group of extinct hominids related to humans, the australopiths.

Usage notes

Members of the genus Paranthropus are sometimes grouped together with this genus.

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