Meaning

Alternative letter-case form of Australopithecus..

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The Ramapithecus line divided into two australopitheci which also died out, and the ancestor of modern man, which gradually evolved into Homo sapiens

If ramidus or one of the early australopithecuses, A. anamensis or A. afarensis, has a rather apelike vestibular system, as you might expect, then the old argument about mosaic evolution can be raised.

He also puts forth unfounded claims like the one that australopitheci had prehensile feet like chimps and not feet like men, enabling them to walk upright.

His hyperrealistic sculptural installations have typically looked to gut the preconceived notions about bravery and honor with which monumental sculpture is infused—whether in the vomiting boy scouts cut off from their chaperones in Lost and Sick (1996–2001), or the comically pathetic scenario of Very, Very First Man: Necessary Alterations (1998–99), in which a pair of recently evolved australopitheci clumsily reattach each other’s tails in a vain attempt to return to lower (and presumably less responsibility-burdened) life forms.

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• australopitheci
• australopithecuses

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