Australopithecus

Lucy is the common name of al 288 1 several hundred pieces of fossilized bone representing 40 percent of the skeleton of a female of the hominin species australopithecus afarensis in ethiopia the assembly is also known as dinkinesh which means you are marvelous in the amharic language.

Australopithecus. He called it australopithecus africanus meaning southern ape of africa from then until 1960 almost all that was known about australopiths came. Genus australopithecus berhubungan dekat dengan genus manusia homo dan mungkin merupakan nenek moyang. The genus homo to which modern humans belong is believed to have evolved from this genus or to have shared a common ancestor. Lucy was discovered in 1974 in africa at hadar a site in the awash valley of the afar triangle in.

The various species lived 4 4 million to 1 4 million years ago during the pliocene and pleistocene epochs. A genus of extinct hominins known from pliocene and early pleistocene fossil remains found in africa characterized by relatively small brain size and. In 1925 south african anthropologist raymond dart coined the genus name australopithecus to identify a child s skull recovered from mining operations at taung in south africa. Australopithecus australopithecus australopithecus africanus.

Genus australopithecus latin australis dari selatan yunani πίθηκος pithekos kera adalah genus hominid yang telah punah membentuk gracile australopiths dan sebelumnya termasuk dalam saudara dekat mereka yang lebih besar robust australopiths yang kini memiliki genus sendiri. Australopithecus ôstrā lōpĭth əkəs pəthē kəs an extinct hominin genus found in africa between about 4 and 1 million years ago at least seven species of australopithecines are now generally recognized including australopithecus afarensis a. The first australopithecus described was the taung child discovered by raymond dart and described in 1925. Australopithecus is a genus of extinct hominids closely related to humans.

Their remains are mostly found in east africa and the first fossil is from 3 9 million years ago mya. Found between 3 85 and 2 95 million years ago in eastern africa ethiopia kenya tanzania this species survived for more than 900 000 years which is over four times as long as our own species has been around. Australopith is a genus of hominins that existed in africa from around 4 2 to 1 9 million years ago and from which the genus homo including modern humans is considered to be descended. Australopithecus group of extinct primates closely related to modern humans and known from fossils from eastern north central and southern africa.

Australopithecus definition an extinct genus of small brained large toothed bipedal hominins that lived in africa between one and four million years ago. From latin australis meaning southern and greek πίθηκος pithekos meaning ape. The split from other apes would have taken place earlier perhaps about 5 mya. There is considerable disagreement however among.