- sometimes[dubious – discuss]
collectively termed australopithecines,
australopiths, or homininians. They are the extinct,
close relatives of
modern humans...
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edges on the crests. However,
australopiths generally evolved a
larger postcanine dentition with
thicker enamel.
Australopiths in
general had
thick enamel...
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advent of
stone tool-making. However, the
intrinsic hand
proportions of
australopiths and the
resemblance between human hands and the
short hands of Miocene...
- 2022.
Strait DS (September 2010). "The
Evolutionary History of the
Australopiths". Evolution:
Education and Outreach. 3 (3): 341–352. doi:10.1007/s12052-010-0249-6...
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established the
practice of
grouping gracile australopiths in the
genus Australopithecus and
robust australopiths in the
genus Paranthropus.
During the 1960s...
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premolars are molar-shaped, and the
molars are taller. The
molars of
australopiths are
generally large and flat with
thick enamel,
which is
ideal for crushing...
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mesiodistal elongation,
which differs from A. afarensis.
Similar to
other australopiths, however, it has a
narrow upper face with no
forehead and a
large mid-face...
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instead that the
femur shows itself as an
intermediate between that of
Australopiths and said
earlier apes.
Other fossils (leaves and many mammals) found...
- Homo is
almost certainly descended from an
australopith ancestor, so at
least one or some
australopiths belong directly to the
human lineage." Villmoare...
-
Australopithecus afarensis mandibles suggests A.
afarensis link to
robust australopiths".
Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences. 104 (16): 6568–72...
