Australopithecus

For the song "Australopithecus" by Modest Mouse, see Sad Sappy Sucker. The gracile australopithecines (members of the genus Australopithecus) (Latin australis "of the south", Greek pithekos "ape") are a group of extinct hominids that were closely related to humans.
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Noun
1. extinct genus of African hominid
(synonym) genus Australopithecus
(hypernym) mammal genus
(member-holonym) Hominidae, family Hominidae
(member-meronym) australopithecine

The extinct genus of Plio-Pleistocene hominids found in South and East Africa. The evolutionary link between apes and humans.

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