Australopithecus

Australopithecus africanus

Animalia — Chordata

Classis : Mammalia
Ordo : Primates
Subordo : Haplorhini
Familia : Hominidae
Tribus : Hominini
Subtribus : †Australopithecina
Genus : †Australopithecus
R.A. Dart, 1925

Australopithecus (verbum compositum: australis + pithecus 'simius') est genus hominidarum quae in Africa vivebant et antecessor generis Hominum, itaque Hominum sapientium, esse putatur. Australopithecus duobus pedibus ambulabat, sed etiam bracchia longiora quam bracchia Hominum sapientium habebat, quibus fortasse utebatur ut arbores scanderet. Fructus nucesque comedebat.^[1]

Inter species sunt

Nexus interni

↑ Australopithecus afarensis, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (2015).

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