Australopithecus

Synonym of australopith.

Noun

  1. Synonym of australopith.
    • In its turn the institute received from the British Museum of Natural History plaster casts of the skulls of Australopithecuses, a species of higher ape which lived over a million years ago. - 1959, P[avel] Kann,...
    • In his final period, Teilhard felt he saw all his own Weltanschauung confirmed by Dr. Broom’s work with the fossils of Australopitheci in South Africa; […] - 1960 autumn, Herbert Musurillo, “[Book Reviews: Philosophy]...
    • 1. Australopithecus africanus. (a) Taungs: It was found in 1924 in a cave at Taungs in Bechuanaland, South Africa. It is the oldest of all Australopitheci, about 600,000 years old. - 1963, Stephen Fuchs, “The Human Race...

    Synonyms: australopith

Origin

From the genus name Australopithecus.

Forms

Australopitheci Australopithecuses australopithecus