Australopithecus
The various species lived 4 4 million to 1 4 million years ago during the pliocene and pleistocene epochs.
Australopithecus. 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. 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 group of extinct primates closely related to modern humans and known from fossils from eastern north central and southern africa. From latin australis southern and greek πίθηκος pithekos ape.
He called it australopithecus africanus meaning southern ape of africa from then until 1960 almost all that was known about australopiths came. Lucy was discovered in 1974 in africa at hadar a site in the awash valley of the afar triangle in. The genus homo to which modern humans belong is believed to have evolved from this genus or to have shared a common ancestor. There is considerable disagreement however among.
Genus australopithecus berhubungan dekat dengan genus manusia homo dan mungkin merupakan nenek moyang. Australopithecus afarensis is one of the longest lived and best known early human species paleoanthropologists have uncovered remains from more than 300 individuals. 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 australopithecus australopithecus africanus.
Australopithecus synonyms australopithecus pronunciation australopithecus translation english dictionary definition of australopithecus. Australopithecus is a genus of extinct hominids closely related to humans. Australopithecus ˌ ɒ s t r ə l ə ˈ p ɪ θ ɪ k ə s os trə lə pith i kəs. The split from other apes would have taken place earlier perhaps about 5 mya.
Their remains are mostly found in east africa and the first fossil is from 3 9 million years ago mya. 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. 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 definition an extinct genus of small brained large toothed bipedal hominins that lived in africa between one and four million years ago.