The term australopithecine refers generally to any species in the related genera of Australopithecus and Paranthropus. It may also include members of Kenyanthropus,{Sfn|Wood|2010|p=} Ardipithecus,{Sfn|Wood|2010|p=} and Praeanthropus.{Sfn|Cela-Conde|Ayala|2003|p=} The term comes from a former classification as members of a distinct subfamily, the A... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australopithecine
Australopithecus afarensis skull Any member of a species of the genus Australopithecus. Australopithecines lived during the Pliocene and early Pleistocene geological epochs in Africa (i.e., about 4.2-1.2 million years ago). Australopithecines and humans are hominids. One or more species of aust... Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/australopithecine.html
australopithecine (s), australopithecines (pl) 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of these extinct humanlike primates. 2. Any of several extinct humanlike small-brained bipedal primates of the genus Australopithecus; existing from 1 to 4 million years ago. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/260/