Sentences with phrase «australopithecine features»

This skull has far too many australopithecine features to be anything else than a large - brained africanus.

But despite some modern traits, it has a number of australopithecine features, and a brain size of only about 750 cc (compared to the modern human average of at least 1350 cc).

Not exact matches

Features such as small brain size, slight build and very long arms link the creature to the australopithecines, especially A. africanus.

Though its physical features are closer to human than other australopithecines, A. sediba is hundreds of thousands of years younger than the oldest fossils assigned to the genus Homo, meaning it is unlikely to be our direct ancestor.

While these features seem to support the notion that it is not an australopithecine, several other features do not support the habilis distinction.

Given either pictures or descriptions of skeletal features of hominids, including modern human, apes and australopithecines, students will assign them to their appropriate group.