Associations to the word «Australopithecine»

Wiktionary

AUSTRALOPITHECINE, noun. (archaeology) (anthropology) (paleonotology) Any of several extinct anthropoid apes of the genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus
AUSTRALOPITHECINE, adjective. (archaeology) (anthropology) (paleonotology) Of or pertaining to these animals or their fossils
AUSTRALOPITHECINE, noun. (anthropology) (paleonotology) Any of several extinct hominid primates, of the genus Australopithecus, from the Pleistocene period. [from 20th c.]
AUSTRALOPITHECINE, adjective. (archaeology) (anthropology) (paleonotology) Of or pertaining to these creatures

Dictionary definition

AUSTRALOPITHECINE, noun. Any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago.
AUSTRALOPITHECINE, adjective. Of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus.

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