Usually means: Early hominin, walked upright, extinct.
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  1. Australopithecus: Merriam-Webster
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  7. Australopithecus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  11. Australopithecus: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Australopithecus: Merriam-Webster
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Australopithecus)

▸ noun:  Synonym of australopith.
▸ noun:  Alternative letter-case form of Australopithecus. [Synonym of australopith.]


Opposite:
homo erectus, homo habilis, homo sapiens

Types:
afarensis, africanus, aethiopicus, boisei, robustus, more...

Phrases:
Australopithecus africanus, australopithecus robustus, australopithecus boisei, genus australopithecus, Australopithecus afarensis, more...

Adjectives:
robust, earliest, extinct, first, hominid, south, fossil, ape, gracile, advanced, original
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Opposite:
homo erectus, homo habilis, homo sapiens

Types:
afarensis, africanus, aethiopicus, boisei, robustus, more...

Phrases:
Australopithecus africanus, australopithecus robustus, australopithecus boisei, genus australopithecus, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus sediba, Australopithecus garhi, more...

Adjectives:
robust, earliest, extinct, first, hominid, south, fossil, ape, gracile, advanced, original




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