Australopithecus africanus

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extinct species hominin species

Australopithecus africanus is an early hominin species from southern Africa, dating to about 3–2 million years ago, that exhibits a mix of ape-like and human-like traits and is important for understanding human evolution.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Australopithecus africanus canonical	2
Australopithecus	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	extinct species ⓘ hominin species ⓘ
bodyHeight	about 1.1–1.4 meters ⓘ
bodyMass	about 30–45 kilograms ⓘ
class	Mammalia ⓘ
cranialCapacity	about 400–500 cubic centimeters ⓘ
diet	included hard or tough foods ⓘ mainly plant-based foods ⓘ
discoveredBy	Raymond Dart ⓘ
ecologicalNiche	mixed woodland and savanna environments ⓘ
family	Hominidae ⓘ
fossilRecord	numerous cranial and postcranial remains ⓘ
fossilSite	Makapansgat, South Africa ⓘ Cradle of Humankind ⓘ surface form: Sterkfontein, South Africa Taung, South Africa ⓘ
genus	Australopithecus africanus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Australopithecus
geographicDistribution	Southern Africa ⓘ surface form: southern Africa
importantFor	understanding human evolution ⓘ
infraorder	Simiiformes ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
livedDuring	Pliocene epoch ⓘ surface form: Pliocene early Pleistocene ⓘ
locomotion	habitual bipedalism ⓘ some climbing ability retained ⓘ
nameMeaning	southern ape of Africa ⓘ
order	Primates ⓘ
parvorder	Catarrhini ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
possiblyAncestralTo	early Homo ⓘ
relatedTo	Australopithecus afarensis ⓘ
showsTrait	ape-like cranial features ⓘ bipedal locomotion ⓘ curved finger bones ⓘ human-like teeth ⓘ moderate prognathism ⓘ pelvis adapted for bipedalism ⓘ reduced canine teeth compared to apes ⓘ relatively small brain compared to modern humans ⓘ sexual dimorphism in body size ⓘ
status	extinct ⓘ
subfamily	Homininae ⓘ
suborder	Haplorhini ⓘ
superfamily	Hominoidea ⓘ
taxonRank	species ⓘ
temporalRangeEnd	about 2.1 million years ago ⓘ
temporalRangeStart	about 3.3 million years ago ⓘ
tribe	Hominini ⓘ
typeSpecimen	Taung Child ⓘ
yearDescribed	1925 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Australopithecus africanus
Description of subject: Australopithecus africanus is an early hominin species from southern Africa, dating to about 3–2 million years ago, that exhibits a mix of ape-like and human-like traits and is important for understanding human evolution.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cradle of Humankind → hasFossilFind → Australopithecus africanus ⓘ

Australopithecus africanus → genus → Australopithecus africanus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australopithecus

Paranthropus robustus → distinguishedFrom → Australopithecus africanus ⓘ