different between paranthropus vs australopith

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australopith (plural australopiths)

(anthropology, paleontology) Any of the hominids of the extinct genus Australopithecus.
- The limb bones indicate A. garhi had small stature like earlier australopiths.
- 2008, Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall, Human Origins: What Bones And Genomes Tell Us About Ourselves, page 118,
  Most authorities would nowadays concur that the australopiths were generally committed to habitats with at least some trees, to which they were more or less tied for sleeping and for shelter from predators during the day, as well as for a large part of their sustenance.

(any member of Australopithecus): australopithecine (depending on the classification scheme used)

australopith (comparative more australopith, superlative most australopith)

(anthropology, paleontology) Of or pertaining to the hominids of the extinct genus Australopithecus.

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