"Life is a gift God gave you." "No, it was my parents who gave me it." "Yes, but who gave it to the first human?" "An australopithecine."
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Australopithecine
Synonyms for "australopithecine" (2 found)
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4 translations across 4 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- australopitecí adj (of or pertaining to australopithecines)
Esperanto
1 entries- aŭstralopiteka adj (of or pertaining to australopithecines)
Greek
1 entries- αυστραλοπιθηκίνος noun (member of the subtribe Australopithecina)
Portuguese
1 entries- australopiteco noun (member of the subtribe Australopithecina)
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It is as if there were enshrined in these legends a racial memory of the Australopithicines who came close but never did make it to full humanity.
Source: wiktionary
Australopithecines came in several varieties, some slender and gracile, like Raymond Dart's Taung child, others more sturdy and robust, but all were capable of walking upright.
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Caspari and Lee carried out comparisons ranging from ancient hominins such as australopithecines through to Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons, assessing the ratios of young adults to old adults.
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