australopithecine

1. Now the most human-like australopithecine found to date is clarifying things-and staking a claim to be the species from which early humans evolved.
   而目前发现的与人类长得最像的南猿，让一切变得清晰起来，同时，它也被确定是后来进化为早期人类的物种。
2. Some scientists believe that habilis is not a separate species and should be carried either as a later Australopithecine or an early Homo erectus.
   一些科学家认为，能人是不是一个独立的物种，应当进行直立人无论是作为一个后来古猿或早期智人。

noun

1. any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus

adj

1. of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus