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| earliest recognized hominin genus (5.8-4.4 mya), Ethiopia |
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| common term for all members of the genus Australopithecus |
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| earliest known Australopithecus species (4.2-3.9 mya), Kenya |
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| early Australopithecus species (3.8-3.0 mya), Ethiopia ("Lucy"), Tanzania |
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| A. (Australopithecus) Africanus |
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| gracile Australopithecus species (3.0?-2.0? mya), South Africa |
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| e.g., A. africanus; less robust, i.e., smaller and slighter, than A. robustus |
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| e.g., A. robustus and A. boisei; having large, strong, sturdy bones, muscles, and teeth |
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| aka Paranthropus; robust Australopithecus species (2.0?-1.0? mya), South Africa |
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| late, hyperrobust Australopithecus species (2.6-1.2 mya), East Africa |
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| earliest (2.4?-1.4? mya) member of genus Homo |
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| earliest (2.6-1.2 mya) stone tools; sharp flakes struck from cores (choppers) |
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| toolmaking Austalopithecus species (2.6 mya), Ethiopia |
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