Question

what is australopithecus?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

$\\ \sf\implies \: \underline{\red{Australopithecus }}$

➸ Australopithecus was one of the longest lived and best known early human species.

➸ They were also known as Southern apes.

➸ They had canine small teeth like early humans.

➸ They can walk on two legs, called bipedal locomotion, like apes.

➸ They had small brain, less development in thinking capacity.