#australopithecine  any of several extinct humanlike small-brained bipedal primates of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago
  supertype:  hominid  a primate of the family Hominidae
  subtype:  Australopithecus_afarensis  Australopithecus_africanus  Australopithecus_boisei  genus_Zinjanthropus  Australopithecus_robustus  genus_Paranthropus
  member of:  genus_Australopithecus__Australopithecus  extinct genus of African hominid
     member of:  family_Hominidae__Hominidae  modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man
        member of:  suborder_Anthropoidea__Anthropoidea  monkeys; apes; hominids
           member of:  order_Primates__Primates  an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings
              member of:  subclass_Eutheria__Eutheria  all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
                 member of:  class_Mammalia__Mammalia  warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female
                    member of:  subphylum_Vertebrata__Vertebrata__Craniata__subphylum_Craniata  fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
                       member of:  phylum_Chordata__Chordata  comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
                          member of:  kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom  taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

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