Australopithecus
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Date: December 15th
There are many types of the hominid called australopithecus, which means
southern apes. These were small ape-like creatures(with a height between 107cm
and 152cm) that showed evidence of walking upright. It is difficult to tell
whether these begins are "humans" or "apes". ....
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.... africa and have been dated between 4.5
million and 1.1 million years old. There has also been evidence that the
australopithecus "man" lived in australia where fossils have also been found.
The first discovery of an australopithecus fossil was made in 1924. The body of
the australopithecus is smaller than humans, but biffer than chimpanzees. Also,
The brain size of australopithecus is bigger than humans at about 475 cubic
centimeters. This is also biffer than the chipanzees, but the brains we ....
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