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These early humans are thought to have lived alongside their evolutionary ancestors: a pre-human group, called australopithecines, who had larger teeth and a mix of chimpanzee and human traits.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
The Taung Child, our first encounter with an ancient group of proto-humans or hominins called australopithecines, was a turning point in the study of human evolution.
From Salon • Jan. 14, 2020
Our distant ancestors, such as the famous fossil Lucy and other australopithecines, matured quickly and died young like chimps.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 21, 2017
Indeed, Yeti sightings create the impression of a hominid not all that different from the paranthropines, the more robust of the extinct, African australopithecines.
From Scientific American • Aug. 4, 2013
Before the australopithecines eventually vanished, new hominids appeared in East Africa around 2.5 million years ago.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
