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What was the Australopithecus's Africanus diet?
The Australopithecus Africanus were Russovores.
What is the Latin name for Australopithecus?
Australopithecus is a latin name.Australopithecus literally means "southern ape". "Austral" southern or South from Latin and "pithecus" from "pithēkos" meaning "ape" in greek. The name now applies to many different species besides africanus including Australopithecus anamensis, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus garhi, Australopithecus boisei, Australopithecus robustus and Australopithecus sediba.
Did Australopithecus africanus look like apes?
very much
Where did austalopithecus live?
Australopithecus afarensis lived about 4-3 million years ago; Australopithecus africanus lived about 3-2 millions years ago (they walked upright but their brains were ape-like; nobody knows whether they made tools or not, probably not. )
Are there more than 4 australopithecus africanus fossils?
Only four fossils of australopithecus africanus have been found, as yet (2012).
Who discovered Australopithecus africanus?
Raymond Dart
In what kind of habitat did the australopithecus africanus live?
The australopithecus lived in a grassland and savanna of Africa
Were australopithecus africanus hunters?
yes. they hunted animals
Where did australopithecus migrate to?
The First Australopithecus to travel long distance was Africanus. Where it was they moved i don't know.
Why did they call the fossil Australopithecus sediba?
Australopithecus is the more ape like humans and sediba is for some kind of fountain in Africa
When was Australopithecus africanus created?
From about 4 million years ago until about 2 million years ago, according to various paleontological and archaeological evidence.
What is Australopithecus africanus?
Australopithecus afarensis means "southern ape of the Afar region." Only the prefix australo- ("southern", from the Latin name Auster for the South Wind) and the suffix -ensis ("belonging to a place") are of Latin origin. Pithecus is from Greek, and afar is from the name of the Afar people of Ethiopia, on whose territory the first specimens of A. afarensis were found.
