- 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...
- 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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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...
- they
would be
considered to be "robust
australopiths"
while the
others would be
considered "gracile
australopiths". However, if
these species do indeed...
- hunt
various animals, such as
antelopes and primates, as well as
other Australopiths. In 1922,
Wilfred Eitzman, a
local schoolteacher,
visited the Makapansgat...
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Australopithecus afarensis mandibles suggests A.
afarensis link to
robust australopiths".
Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences. 104 (16): 6568–72...
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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...
-
established the
practice of
grouping gracile australopiths in the
genus Australopithecus and
robust australopiths in the
genus Paranthropus.
During the 1960s...
- DIK-1-1,
australopiths are
thought to have had a
humanlike spine, with 7 neck vertebrae, 12
thoracic vertebrae, and (based on
other early australopith skeletons)...
