Australopithecus

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Introduction
The australopiths
- Early species and Australopithecus anamensis
  - Ardipithecus kadabba and Ar. ramidus
  - Australopithecus anamensis
- Australopithecus afarensis and Au. garhi
- Australopithecus africanus
- Australopithecus sediba
- Australopithecus aethiopicus
- Australopithecus robustus and Australopithecus boisei
Relationship to Homo
- Quality of the fossil record
- Changes in anatomy
  - Bipedalism
  - Transition to Homo

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Australopithecus sediba Lucy Australopithecus garhi Omo remains First Family Australopithecus africanus Australopithecus anamensis Australopithecus boisei Australopithecus robustus Australopithecus aethiopicus dinosaur Homo erectus Neanderthal Homo habilis pterosaur Cro-Magnon ichthyosaur Homo floresiensis Denisovan plesiosaur

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