australopiths (4.2-1.2mya)

Australopiths is the best known and most widely distributed and diverse African hominins.  Australopithecus and Paranthropus are two very close genera. They have established time range over 3 million years, making them the longest enduring hominin documented. They have been found in the three major areas of africa. The two major subgroups of Australopiths is on more primitive Nd one more derived.
 Major features that Australopiths share is that that they are all bipedal, they all have small brains, and they all have large teeth


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