Definition of Australopithecus robustus

1. Noun. Large-toothed hominid of southern Africa; from 1.5 to 2 million years ago; formerly Paranthropus.

Group relationships: Australopithecus, Genus Australopithecus
Generic synonyms: Australopithecine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Australopithecus Robustus

Australianness
Australians
Australize
Australized
Australizes
Australizing
Australo-
Australoid
Australopith
Australopithecine
Australopithecines
Australopithecus
Australopithecus afarensis
Australopithecus africanus
Australopithecus boisei
Australopithecus robustus
Austria
Austria-Hungary
Austrian
Austrian German
Austrian capital
Austrian monetary unit
Austrian schilling
Austrian winter pea
Austrianness
Austrians
Austro-
Austro-Asiatic
Austro-Hungarian
Austrocedrus

Literary usage of Australopithecus robustus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A New Dimension of Time by Marc van der Erve (2007)
"During this era, the first human species, Homo habilis or handy man, emerged together with australopithecus robustus. The latter are robust manlike ..."

2. Mr Brouard's Odyssey by Diana Winsor (2004)
"There are quite a lot of them, each being given a different name: Australopithecus robustus, africanus, bosei, etc. It seems to be generally accepted diat ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Australopithecus robustus on Dictionary.com!Search for Australopithecus robustus on Thesaurus.com!Search for Australopithecus robustus on Google!Search for Australopithecus robustus on Wikipedia!

Search