genus Australopithecus

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genus Australopithecus - extinct genus of African hominid Australopithecusmammal genus - a genus of mammalsfamily Hominidae, Hominidae - modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of manaustralopithecine - any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years agoAustralopithecus afarensis - fossils found in Ethiopia; from 3.5 to 4 million years agoLucy - incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974Australopithecus africanus - gracile hominid of southern Africa; from about 3 million years agoAustralopithecus boisei - large-toothed hominid of eastern Africa; from 1 to 2 million years agoAustralopithecus robustus - large-toothed hominid of southern Africa; from 1.5 to 2 million years ago; formerly Paranthropus