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Australopithecines

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Australopithecus and Paranthropus (aka A. robustus)

Australopithecines -- Wikipedia
Australopithecus -- Wikipedia
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Orrorin / Ardipithecus / Australopithecus / Kenyanthropus

Subfamily
Genus
Species
Example
Alternative Name
 
Orrorin
tugenensis
"Millenium Man"
 
 
Aramis
 

Australo-
pithecines

anamensis

   

afarensis

"Lucy"

 

africanus

 Taung

 

 garhi

   

 aethiopicus

 "Black Skull"

Paranthropus

(aka A. robustus)

 boisei

 "Zinj"

 robustus

 Swartkrans

 
platyops
"Flat-faced Kenya Man"  

Adapted from Intoduction to Physical Anthropology, 8th ed, Jurmain, Nelson, Kilgore, and Trevathand
(Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2000, pp. 285 - 290).

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Ardipithecus
Ardipithecus -- Wikipedia

 




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Australopithecus
Australopithecus -- Wikipedia

Australopithecus anamensis

Australopithecus anamensis

Afar region (map of Ethiopia)

Reconstruction of

Australopithecus afarensis
National Geographic photo gallery --
"Selem"



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Paranthropus
(aka Australopithecus robustus)
Australopithecus robustus (Paranthropus) -- Wikipedia

Australopithecus robustus, also known as Paranthropus robustus, in southern Africa 1 million years ago.
Australopithecus robustus in southern Africa 1 million years ago.

Australopithecus robustus

Australopithecus robustus SK 48


One of the the teeth of four individuals of Paranthropus robustus
(also known as Australopithecus robustus)
from the Swartkrans Cave in South Africa.
(Science)

 

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Australopithecus boisei

Australopithecus boisei

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Images

Australopithecus boisei -- 3/4 view

Australopithecus boisei -- CSUS

Animation

Paranthropus boisei -- American Museum of Natural History



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