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Australopithecus Africanus

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Scientific name Australopithecus africanus
Extinction status Extinct
Higher classification Southern ape
Phylum Chordata
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Scientific name and meaning Australopithecus africanus
Order Primates
FamiliHominidae
SubfamiliHomininae
Kingdom Animalia
Subord Haplorhini
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Speci†A. africanus
Genus†Australopithecus
Class Mammalia
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Australopithecus africanus is an extinct species of australopithecine which lived from 3.67 to 2 million years ago in the Middle Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of South Africa. The species has been recovered from Taung and the Cradle of Humankind at Sterkfontein, Makapansgat, and Gladysvale.

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