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Australopithecus


(aw-STRAY-loh-pith-i-kuhs, aw-stray-loh-pi-THEE-kuhs) An extinct genus of the hominid family that lived in Africa from about three to one million years ago. The name means “southern ape.”	1
‡ Members of this genus were the ancestors of modern humans. One of the best-known fossils, Lucy, was a member of this genus.	2

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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