difine the following terms.1.australopithecus 2 hominid 3.homos
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Answer:
1. a fossil bipedal primate with both ape-like and human characteristics, found in Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene deposits ( c. 4 million to 1 million years old) in Africa
2. any member of the family Hominidae, consisting of all modern and extinct humans and great apes (including gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans), and all their immediate ancestors.
3. A genus of primates that includes modern humans (Homo sapiens) and several extinct species.
Explanation:
The Australopithecus species, referred to as Australopithecines, had features that were both human-like and ape-like. Their brains were smaller and more in the range of the brains of modern apes. They tended to have longer arms that seemed well-suited to climbing.
member of the family Hominidae, consisting of all modern and extinct humans and great apes (including gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans), and all their immediate ancestors.hominid is any member of the biological family Hominidae. These are the "great apes", living and extinct.
Homo is the genus that emerged in the otherwise extinct genus Australopithecus that encompasses the extant species