Australopithecus africanus
| Australopithecus africanus Fossil range: Pliocene |
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| Original of the Mrs. Ples skull | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Genus: | †Australopithecus |
| Species: | †A. africanus |
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| †Australopithecus africanus Dart, 1925 [1] |
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Australopithecus africanus was an early hominid, an australopithecine, who lived between 2–3 million years ago in the Pliocene.[2] In common with the older Australopithecus afarensis, A. africanus was slenderly built, or gracile, and was thought to have been a direct ancestor of modern humans. Fossil remains indicate that A. africanus was significantly more like modern humans than A. afarensis, with a more human-like cranium permitting a larger brain and more humanoid facial features. A. africanus has been found at only four sites in southern Africa — Taung (1924), Sterkfontein (1935), Makapansgat (1948) and Gladysvale (1992).[1]
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