南方古猿

NánfāngGǔyuán
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 Australopithecus
  2. 2 early hominin genus

Examples

Nánfāng Gǔyuán shì rénlèi de zǎoqī zǔxiān.
Australopithecus is an early ancestor of humans.
Kēxuéjiā zài Fēizhōu fāxiàn le Nánfāng Gǔyuán de huàshí.
Scientists discovered Australopithecus fossils in Africa.

Tips

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Literally 'southern ancient ape' — a calque of Latin Australopithecus (australo- 'southern' + pithecus 'ape'). The famous 'Lucy' specimen, found in Ethiopia in 1974, is an Australopithecus afarensis.

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