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Australopithecus robustus

[ aw-strey-loh-pith-i-kuhs roh-buhs-tuhs, -puh-thee-kuhs, aw-struh-dz‐ ]

noun

  1. a former classification of Paranthropus robustus.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Australopithecus robustus1

First recorded in 1935–40; from New Latin: literally “southern ape” + Latin robustus “oaken, hard, firm, strong”; Australopithecus ( def ), robust
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Scientists excavate the Drimolen site, one of several in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind that have surrendered fossils of the hominin Australopithecus robustus.

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