different between pleistocene vs australopithecine

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pleistocene m (plural pleistoceni)

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

australopithecine (plural australopithecines)

(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.

australopithecine (comparative more australopithecine, superlative most australopithecine)

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