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australopithecine
any of various extinct apelike primates of the genus Australopithecus and related genera, remains of which have been discovered in southern and E Africa. Some species are estimated to be over 4.5 million years old -
ape-man
any of several extinct primates, as a pithecanthropine, with structural characteristics intermediate between ape and man -
hadar
a fossil site in the Afar triangle of eastern Ethiopia where Australopithecus afarensis was found. -
hominid
any member of the group consisting of all modern and extinct humans and great apes (including gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans) and all their immediate ancestors. -
lucy
a female given name. -
missing link
a hypothetical form of animal assumed to have constituted a connecting link between the anthropoid apes and humans, identified by some authorities as constituting the genus Australopithecus.