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what is 'Australopithecus'?​

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Answered by singhlavkush890
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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.

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The genus Australopithecus is a collection of hominin species that span the time period from 4.18 to about 2 million years ago. Australopiths were terrestrial bipedal ape-like animals that had large chewing teeth with thick enamel caps, but whose brains were only very slightly larger than those of great apes.

Family: Hominidae

Class: Mammalia

Extinction status: Extinct Encyclopedia of Life

Scientific name: Australopithecus

Higher classification: Australopithecine

Rank: Genus

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