different between anthropoid vs australopithecine

English

Etymology

anthropo- +? -oid

Adjective

anthropoid (comparative more anthropoid, superlative most anthropoid)

1. having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance
   1. (anatomy, in pelvimetry) Of the pelvis, having an anteroposterior diameter equal or exceeding the transverse diameter.
2. having characteristics of an ape

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Noun

anthropoid (plural anthropoids)

1. An anthropoid animal.
   • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 1

     The tribe of anthropoids over which Kerchak ruled with an iron hand and bared fangs, numbered some six or eight families, each family consisting of an adult male with his females and their young, numbering in all some sixty or seventy apes.

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See also

• humanoid

Further reading

• anthropoid at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Alternative forms

• Australopithecine

Etymology

Originally in reference to a now-obsolete subfamily, Australopithecinae.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??st??l?(?)?p???si?n/

Noun

australopithecine (plural australopithecines)

1. (anthropology, paleontology) Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus, Paranthropus when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera. [from 20th c.]
   • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 391:

     Australopithecines came in several varieties, some slender and gracile, like Raymond Dart's Taung child, others more sturdy and robust, but all were capable of walking upright.

   • 2011, Chris Stringer, The Origin of Our Species, Penguin 2012, p. 151:

     Caspari and Lee carried out comparisons ranging from ancient hominins such as australopithecines through to Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons, assessing the ratios of young adults to old adults.

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Adjective

australopithecine (comparative more australopithecine, superlative most australopithecine)

1. (anthropology, paleontology) Of or pertaining to these hominids.

Synonyms

• australopith (depending on classification)

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