Dart christened the fossil AustralopithecusAfricanus, meaning the "Southern African ape".
达特给化石命名为非洲南猿,意即“南非类人猿”。
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That's when the first skull of a human ancestor was unearthed in Africa: the Taung child, now recognized as a member of Australopithecusafricanus, which lived about 3 million to 2 million years ago.
With a small, advanced brain, long arms, long legs and an advanced pelvis, Australopithecus sediba is described as probably a transitional species between AustralopithecusAfricanus and Homo habilis.