Australopithecus, (Latin: “southern ape”) (genus Australopithecus), group of extinct primates closely related to, if not actually ancestors of, modern human beings and known from a series of fossils found at numerous sites in eastern, north-central, and southern Africa. The various species of Australopithecus lived 4.4 million to 1.4 million years ago (mya), during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs (which lasted from 5.3 million to 11,700 years ago). The genus name, meaning “southern ape,” refers to the first fossils found, which were discovered in South Africa. Perhaps the most famous specimen of Australopithecus is “Lucy,” a remarkably preserved fossilized skeleton from Ethiopia that has been dated to 3.2 mya.
As characterized by the fossil evidence, members of Australopithecus bore a combination of humanlike and apelike traits. They were similar to modern humans in that they were bipedal (that is, they walked on two legs), but, like apes, they had small brains. Their canine teeth were smaller than those found in apes, and their cheek teeth were larger than those of modern humans.
The general term australopith (or australopithecine) is used informally to refer to members of the genus Australopithecus. Australopithecines include the genus Paranthropus (2.3–1.2 mya), which comprises three species of australopiths—collectively called the “robusts” because of their very large cheek teeth set in massive jaws. Non-australopithecine members of the human lineage (hominins) include Sahelanthropus tchadensis (7–6 mya), Orrorin tugenensis (6 mya), Ardipithecus kadabba (5.8–5.2 mya), and Ar. ramidus (5.8–4.4 mya)—that is, pre-Australopithecus species that are considered to be ancient humans—and one additional species of early human, Kenyanthropus platyops (3.5 mya). The first undisputed evidence of the genus Homo—the genus that includes modern human beings—appears as early as 2.8 mya, and some of the characteristics of Homo resemble those of earlier species of Australopithecus; however, considerable debate surrounds the identity of the earliest species of Homo. In contrast, remains older than six million years are widely regarded to be those of fossil apes.
Australopithecus - britannica :ukkk:
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I thought it was so romantic when Syril saved Dedra. It's a good example of sometimes you need to use persistence to break through a someone's icy demeanor until they realize they need you. I'm going to draw hundreds of pictures on my deviant art of them kissing until it's the entire first page of google image results when you search Dedra Meero.
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Oh, God. I live for this shit and won't shut up about it if asked
Forgot to let y’all know but my dog of 6 years got cancer, and I can’t bear to look him in the face because I can see streaks from crying from post-surgery pain :(
If he got surgery for it he has been treated better than most people so you can take pride in your care of him there
You go wipe those eye boogs and give your dog side of face scratches right now for being a brave boy.
Overheard some people in upper management at work talking about how much they look forward to their caribbean cruise trip next year
:proletariat:
On the bright side, they might all catch covid on one of those plague ships
Me in video games: consuming alcohol has negative effects on your character? lol why would anyone ever do that?
Me in real life:
It's depresssing to see how capitalists have consolidated their power over media and public opinion over the last decade in my country. When our first high-profile tax refugee escaped to Switzerland in 2009, almost everyone, including liberal politicians and even other capitalists, agreed that it was just selfish and greedy, and the media had zero sympathy. Today, taxes are lower and inequality and poverty are much higher, but when rich guys run away to Switzerland today the press love to talk about their "valid concerns" and the "two sides" to the issue :thonk:
Luckily no, three huge, faceless corporations owns basically all the big newspapers though :yea:
Yesterday at work there was a native american monitor at our work sites. When I was able to send them home I was having an internal conflict of "Do I wish them a Happy Thanksgiving" so I went with "have a good weekend". He responded with "Happy Thanksgiving". I've been laughing about it all day.
Playing Disco.
Mr. Evrart is helping me find my gun. :lt-dbyf-dubois:
I love healthcare going app based
I love being given 500 characters to tap out an extensive message describing my problems on a tiny shitty phone keyboard
I love it when the provider replies with a 2 sentence message that addresses none of my concerns and then shuts down the chat so I can't reply
Love to have to open a new chat all over again, this time with even less character space because I have to refer back to them closing my previous chat without addressing my issue
I love when they dont even have phone lines open because "just use the app chat and a nurse will randomly decide sometime during the day to respond to you when they have time over"
You're getting to chat to nurses? I can't even cancel an appointment with my petite :porky-happy: therapist because the fucking website is constantly crashing
Got a random flashback to when I was in NYC and this anarchist called herself a "sexy comrade." That's one of the few times I've visibly cringed in front of another person.
mwhahaha i have done what many cannot and got my partner to sign up here and they like it :sicko-yes:
That's impressive, I just bring quotes from Hexbear into messages so they can't run away from it
that's how i started. then getting frustrated i couldn't use our emojis in SMS.
but yes there is no escape
Hate that my penis is average size. Fucking sucks. Sometimes I think it might even be slightly above average. Fucking hate it why couldn't I have been born with a micropenis it's not fair. Fuck.
:sicko-wistful: Big stupid penis! :farquaad-point: :farquaad-point: :farquaad-point: