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/ˌɒstɹələ(ʊ)ˈpɪθɪsiːn/ · noun
(anthropology, paleontology) Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus in the subtribe Australopithecina when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera..
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.
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.
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.
Use australopithecine when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Australopithecine means (anthropology, paleontology) Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus in the subtribe Australopithecina when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera..
Common synonyms include australopith.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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