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Australopithecus


Classis : Mammalia 
Ordo : Primates 
Subordo : Haplorhini 
Familia : Hominidae 
Tribus : Hominini 
Subtribus : †Australopithecina 
Genus : Australopithecus 
R.A. Dart, 1925
   
Sinciput Australopitheci africani.

Australopithecus (verbum compositum: australis + pithecus 'simius') est genus hominidarum quae in Africa vivebant et antecessor generis Hominum, itaque Hominum sapientium, esse putatur. Australopithecus duobus pedibus ambulabat, sed etiam bracchia longiora quam bracchia Hominum sapientium habebat, quibus fortasse utebatur ut arbores scanderet. Fructus nucesque comedebat.[1]

Inter species sunt

Nexus interni

  1. Australopithecus afarensis, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (2015).

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