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Australopithecus

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Australopithecus /ˌɒstrələʊˈpɪθɪkəs, ˌɔː-/

▶noun a genus of fossil bipedal primates with both ape-like and human characteristics, found in Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene deposits in Africa.

– derivatives
australopithecine /-ɪsiːn/ noun & adjective.

– origin mod. L., from L. australis (see austral) + Gk pithēkos ‘ape’.

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