australopithecine
/ˌɒstɹələ(ʊ)ˈpɪθɪsiːn/
noun 2adj 2
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noun
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Alternative letter-case form of australopithecine.
adj
1
Alternative letter-case form of australopithecine.
noun
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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.
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