Australopithecus

Aus tra lo pith e cus |ˌôstrəlōˈpiTHikəs, ôˌstrālō -ˌɔstrəloʊˈpɪθəkəs | ▶noun a fossil bipedal primate with both apelike and human characteristics, found in Pliocene and lower Pleistocene deposits ( c. 4 million to 1 million years old ) in Africa. [Genus Australopithecus, family Hominidae: several species, including the lightly built A. africanus, which is thought to be the immediate ancestor of the human genus Homo. The more heavily built forms (often placed in the genus Paranthropus ), such as A. robustus and A. boisei, were probably evolutionary dead ends. ] DERIVATIVES aus tra lo pith e cine |-ˌsēn, -ˌsīn |noun & adjective ORIGIN modern Latin, from Latin australis ‘southern ’ (see austral ) + Greek pithēkos ‘ape. ’

Australopithecus

Australopithecus |ˌɒstrələʊˈpɪθɪkəs | ▶noun a fossil bipedal primate with both apelike and human characteristics, found in Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene deposits ( c. 4 million to 1 million years old ) in Africa. ●Genus Australopithecus, family Hominidae: several species, including the lightly built A. africanus, which is thought to be the immediate ancestor of the human genus Homo. DERIVATIVES australopithecine |-ɪsiːn |noun & adjective ORIGIN modern Latin, from Latin australis ‘southern ’ (see austral ) + Greek pithēkos ‘ape ’.

Australopithecus

Aus t ra lo pi the cus, Aus tra lo pi the cus Substantiv, maskulin Anthropologie , der |Australop i thecus |der Australopithecus; Genitiv: des Australopithecus, Plural: die Australopitheci zu lateinisch australis = südlich und griechisch píthēkos = Affe in Süd - und Ostafrika gefundener Hominide des Pliozäns und des Pleistozäns