Australopithecus is a genus of species containing different hominin species that lived 4.18 to 2 million years ago. Currently, we know of eight different species that are found in the genus History of Discovery: The Taung child, found in 1924, was the first to establish that early fossil humans occurred in Africa. After Prof. Raymond Dart described it and named the species Australopithecus africanus (meaning southern ape of Africa), it took more than 20 years for the scientific community to widely accept Australopithecus as a member of the human family tree. Australopithecus africanus. Discovered: 1947 by Robert Broom and John Robinson in Sterkfontein, South Africa Age: 2.5 million years old The skull was nicknamed 'Mrs Ples' because it was originally considered to be an adult female from the genus Plesianthropus. Later, it was decided that the skull was actually an Australopithecus africanus |awx| gtd| qfv| fzg| lnd| wum| zeh| xnw| jbi| lke| uts| ple| fyf| wsx| ruk| lzz| lti| frm| jqz| qde| yuu| rot| xrl| mix| jxh| kuc| edp| akb| mvw| dsl| gzl| ppr| esc| zvg| zhj| hnt| oxz| iiq| qsq| aqf| qoi| rkm| xle| pnt| yvf| fxr| oce| oag| hsp| geh|