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A.afarensis
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Early form of Austalopithecus, found in Ethiopia at Hadar (Lucy) and in Tanzania at Laetoli; dating to the period between 3.8 and 3.0 m.y.a
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Austalopithecines
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Varied group of Pliocenc-Pleistocene hominins.
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Gracile
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Opposite of robust (fragile, delicate) .
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Hominid
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A member of the taxonomic family that includes humans and the African apes and their immediate ancestors.
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Hominin
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A member of the human lineage after it's split from ancestral chimps; used to describe all the humans species that have ever existed, including the extinct ones.
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Homo habilis
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Ancestor or contemporary or H. Erectus, from about 1.9 to 1.44 m.y.a
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Oldowan pebble tools
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Earliest stone tools; first discovered in 1931 by Leakey at Olduvai Gorge.
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Robust
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Large, strong, sturdy
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