Everything about Australopithecine totally explained
The term
australopithecine refers to two very closely related
genera within the
Hominina subtribe of the
Hominini tribe. They appeared in the
Pliocene:
When used alone, the term refers to both genera together.
Australopithecus is sometimes referred to as the "gracile (slender) australopithecines", while
Paranthropus are also called the "robust australopithecines".
A likely ancestor of the Australopithecines is the
Ardipithecus genus (lived 4.4 million years ago). The
Homo genus (
humans, appear about 2.4 million years ago with
Homo habilis) appear to be descended from Australopithecine ancestors, more precisely from
Kenyanthropus platyops branching off
Australopithecus some 3.5 million years ago. An alternative possibility is the derivation of
Homo directly from
Ardipithecus with an as yet undiscovered link connecting
Ardipithecus and
Homo habilis existing in parallel to the Australopithecines in the period 4 to 2.5 million years ago.
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