Question

how would you justify that australopithecus was a human ancestor???

Answer 1

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❗❗Australopithecus literally means 'southern ape.' It is an extinct genus of members of the human family tree....❗❗☺⤵✌

Now, following are the characteristics from which we can justify Australopithecus was a human ancestor.... ⤵⤵☺

.....❗❗Many a times it is believed that human beiengs have evolved from chimpanzees but it is wrong.The main theory behind this is that human beings and chimapanzees might have a common ancesstar a long time ago.many acitivities of them are similar to each other.The evidence for evolution here is the homologous organs. Both have limbs and do their specific works with them......❗❗✌☺

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Riyan.

Answer 2

Australopithecus (/ˌɒstrələˈpɪθɪkəs, -loʊ-/ OS-trə-lo-PITH-i-kəs;[1] from Latin australis, meaning 'southern', and Greek πίθηκος(pithekos), meaning 'ape', informal australopithecine or australopith, although the term australopithecine has a broader meaning as a member of the subtribe Australopithecina, [2][3] which includes this genus as well as Paranthropus, Kenyanthropus,[4] Ardipithecus,[4] and Praeanthropus [5]) is an extinct genus of hominins. From paleontological and archaeological evidence, the genus Australopithecus apparently evolved in eastern Africa around 4 million years ago before spreading throughout the continent and eventually becoming extinct two million years ago. During that time, a number of australopithecine species emerged, including Australopithecus afarensis, A. africanus, A. anamensis, A. bahrelghazali, A. deyiremeda(proposed), A. garhi, and A. sediba.