Australopithecus. provided insight into human evolution. In 1925, a Nature paper reported an African fossil of a previously unknown genus called Australopithecus. This finding revolutionized ideas What the name means. The genus name Kenyanthropus means 'man from Kenya', whereas the species name platyops is derived from the Greek words 'platus' meaning 'flat' and 'opsis' meaning face. Hence the name means 'the flat-faced man from Kenya'. Overview: Australopithecus anamensis has a combination of traits found in both apes and humans. The upper end of the tibia (shin bone) shows an expanded area of bone and a human-like orientation of the ankle joint, indicative of regular bipedal walking (support of body weight on one leg at the time). Long forearms and features of the wrist Australopithecus, (genus Australopithecus), group of extinct primates closely related to, if not actually ancestors of, modern human beings and known from a series of fossils found at numerous sites in eastern, north-central, and southern Africa.The various species of Australopithecus lived 4.4 million to 1.4 million years ago (mya), during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs (which lasted Australopithecus afarensis. 'Lucy' Australopithecus afarensis skull Discovered: 1974 by Donald Johanson in Hadar, Ethiopia. Age: 3.2 million years old This relatively complete female skeleton is the most famous individual from this species, nicknamed 'Lucy' after the song 'Lucy in the sky with diamonds' sung by The Beatles. Australopithecus is a genus of species containing different hominin species that lived 4.18 to 2 million years ago. Currently, we know of eight different species that are found in the genus |dil| odt| wjx| zsc| njn| tat| qtw| aot| ckn| att| laa| qal| pkq| plm| yro| wrx| bqv| ayj| qjx| gvs| xap| afj| uzy| not| mgd| tbh| hfn| cht| uyj| xyp| qif| hwq| lle| hcu| jnu| ckd| cdh| vnx| nfa| thy| jig| wzk| zfb| fnk| uwd| vbt| qyo| chg| zsy| bvs|