Australopithecine

Australopithecus have only been found in Africa and NO fossil primates have ever been found in Australia. The book probably mistakenly derived "Austro-" from Australia, when in fact it comes from the Latin word australis, meaning "south".

Of course Australia is also derived from this word, Australis is Latin for "the southern one".

Apes are old world primates (in Asia, Africa, and Europe). Monkeys are primarily in the new world (North and South America)>

It was one of the first hominids that was was found almost complete. The name "Lucy" came from a Beatles song the people digging the skeleton up listening to.

Lucy was special because Don Johanson found half of her whole skeleton, and was the oldest at that time. She was named Lucy because Don Johanson was listening to the beetles song "Lucy in the sky with diamonds" on his tape recorder.

Australopithecus sediba was created in 2010.

after the ice age

The height varied between about 107 cm (3'6") and 152 cm (5'0").

A lepidopterist is a person who studies butterflies and moths. This person uses tools such as a butterfly net, a jar with chloroform for humanely killing samples, a microscope and a mounting board with pins.

With the help of reavers and the George drug.

Lucy was found in Hadar, Ethiopia in 1974. She was one of 360 other hominin specimens found there, and is believed to have lived over 3 million years ago.

The first tool was the hand axe, which is a stone tool, made by chipping a stone with another stone to obtain the desired shape and edge (hence, the Stone Age).

They were likely frugivores, and despite the lack of the opposable big toes of other apes, they had long, strong arms, curved fingers, and a wide frame that allowed them to climb trees quite well. The big toe is alligned with the other toes to provide the final push of in bipedal walking. This likely evolved because bipedalism is a very efficient way of traveling, and in their scattered landscape of trees and savanna, that's very useful. They weren't yet the master hunters of their decendants, but would occasionally scavange from kills and use rocks to break open bones to get at the marrow. When little fruit was in season, they likely used sticks to dig for roots and tubers. This combined lifestyle of living in the trees and on the ground allowed a very successful species, australopithecus afarensis to survive for over 900 thousand years.

they died and became extinct[whats up good luck on your serch]ps[i know i spelled serch wrong watev

about 3.5 million years they survived

although I could be wrong

Australopithecine Afarensis, an early hominid, lived in shelters as they found them. Caves, if available , trees if need-be , primitive lean-to type things that had some natural beginnings.Thickets that had thorns would keep predators from having easy access. Just in small goups on the ground when no real shelter was available. Look up Lucy, the most famous early hominid skeleton found for more info on this fascinating possible relative to homosapiens. [That's us]

FYI for our members of faith. I have no problem with having Creationist and Evolutionist beliefs concomittently, within species groups.

Austrolopithecus were the first humans known to man and they did not use many tools at all because they were part of the hunter-gatherer group. Next came the Homo-Habilis, which means handi-man so they must have used some tools that gave them this name. After the came the Homo-Erectus, Homo-Sapiens, then us, the Homo-Sapiens Sapiens. After the Homo-Habilis started to use tools, they will have passed down the knowledge and structure of tools to the other species of humans.

There were five species of Australopithecus: Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, Australopithecus anamnesis, Australopithecus garhi and Australopithecus sediba. The Australopithecus afarensis remains in Ethiopia are better known as Lucy and this species lived between 3.85 and 2.95 million years ago. The africanus lived 3.3 to 2.1 million years ago. The anamnesis lived 4.2 to 3.9 million years ago. The garhi lived about 2.5 million years ago and the sediba lived between 1.97 and 1.98 million years ago.

They lived in Africa, (specifically Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania) in a very harsh landscape, made of very few trees. It is the reason why they became bipedal.

court jesters would carry a mock scepter called a bauble which was adorned by a carved head or inflated bladder of an animal

Australopithecus afarensis used stone tools, according to the California Academy of Sciences. Bones that are believed to be about 3.4 million years old show evidence that this hominin used stone tools to cut up meat.

There is no evidence of Australopithecus fabricating ANYTHING. They did not make tools, they did not make containers, they did not make clothes.

They wore nothing contrived.

Australopithecus get their water from streams and lakes. Australopithecus get their water from streams and lakes.

due to climate changes :)

Eating large amounts of food.