also: オーストラロピテクス
noun
Australopithecus
Refers to the extinct hominin genus Australopithecus, known from Pliocene and early Pleistocene fossils in Africa.
from Latin
アウストラロピテクスは約400万年前から200万年前までアフリカに生息していた。
Australopithecus lived in Africa from about 4 million to 2 million years ago.
Common katakana spelling for Australopithecus.
Alternate katakana spelling reflecting a different transliteration of the Latin genus name.
From the Latin genus name Australopithecus, coined in 1925 from Latin australis 'southern' and Greek pithēkos 'ape'.