Australopithecus africanus
a sturdier cousin named Australopithecus robustus, and
Homo habilis.
Australopithecus: The extinct genus of Plio-Pleistocene hominids found in South and East Africa. The evolutionary link between apes and humans.
Australopithecus is a genus of an extinct human precursor. All of nature is divided up into species, and species are assembled into genera, and there are several genera in the hominid or the human family of which Australopithecus is one.
Australopithecus afarensis, the first of the human-like hominids we know of, first appeared about 3.6-4 million years ago. This species had a combination of human (bipedalism) and apelike features (short legs and relatively long arms).
Keywords: hominids, australopithecus, homo habilis, homo erectus, homo neanderthalensis, homo sapiens, cultural evolution, physical change, control of fire, hunter-gather way, social groups, ramapithecus
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The scientific study of human evolution encompasses the development of the genus Homo, but usually involves studying other hominids and hominines as well, such as Australopithecus.
Dart's discovery of Australopithecus, the Peking man discoveries, and other Homo erectus and australopithecine finds. Piltdown man did not fit in with the new discoveries.
You are in the GENUS - HOMO. There was another genus, which is now extinct called Australopithecus. Very close to you, but not quite human.
 See also: Human, Species, Fossil, Evolution, Brain
  
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