Question

Mention any two characters of Australopithecus.

Answer 1

afarensis had both ape and human characteristics: members of this species had apelike face proportions (a flat nose, a strongly projecting lower jaw) and braincase (with a small brain, usually less than 500 cubic centimeters -- about 1/3 the size of a modern human brain), and long, strong arms with curved fingers ...

Answer 2

Two characters of Australopithecus:

Australopithecus is one of the most important descendants of modern-day humans that existed in the whole continent of Africa before about 4 million years. They eventually got extinct before 2 million years. Their key features were –

• Brain size – The brain size of the Australopithecus ranged from 30 to 35% of the modern-day human, which represented their low IQ level.
• Their height was ranged from 3.5 feet to 4.7 feet which is slightly lesser than today’s humans. But they had robust body structure.