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Record 1 2006-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
CONT

... a genus (australopithecus) of extinct apelike men from southern Africa that made tools and walked erectly

French

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  • Paléontologie
CONT

Ce sont les plus vieux Hominidés fabricants d'outils connus jusqu'ici. Les vestiges du premier Australopithèque - un crâne d'enfant et un morceau de fémur - furent exhumés en 1924 [...] capacité crânienne assez faible, mais supérieure à celle d'un chimpanzé, front relativement développé, absence d'arcades sourcilières, dentition presque humaine, bipédie parfaite.

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