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Australopithecus
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A brief history of australopithecines and how they were found.
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Early Hominid Evolution: Discovery of Early Hominids The immediate ancestors of humans were members of the genus Australopithecus The australopithecines were intermediate between apes and people. However, both australopithecines and humans are biologically similar enough to be classified as members of the same family--the Hominidae All people,...Short description of the Australopithecus species at The Evolution of Man website.
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The oldest hominids belong to the genus Australopithecus. Australopithecus afarensis Australopithecus africanus Australopithecus robustus Australopithecus boisei back to Evolution of Man ahead to Homo lineage Evolution of man directory...Guided tour of the Australopithecus exhibit.
http://www.gla.ac.uk/Museum/guided/Hominid/Sect1/guid01.html
Short description of the fossil from a PBS website.
http://cgi.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/evolution/lucy.html
Explains the classification of zoological objects and the taxonomy of fossil collections. [English and Russian]
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Phylogenesis of Ťaustralopithecusť ...