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Australopithecus
Temporal range: Pliocene
Australopithecusafarensis reconstruction.jpg
Australopithecus afarensis
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Australopithecus

R.A. Dart, 1925
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Map of the fossil sites of the early Australopithecines in Africa
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Reconstruction of Australopithecus afarensis

Australopithecus is a genus of extinct hominids closely related to humans.

The first Australopithecus described was the Taung Child, discovered by Raymond Dart, and described in 1925.

Their remains are mostly found in East Africa, and the first fossil is from 3.9 million years ago (mya). The split from other apes would have taken place earlier, perhaps about 5 mya.

It is widely believed that the group of which they are part gave rise to the genus Homo, and hence to human beings.

The genus Australopithecus originally included two rather different forms. One form was lightweight: the gracile australopithecines. The other form was bulkier, the robust australopithecines.

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