Southern ape
Primate
Australopithecus is a genus of early hominins that existed in Africa during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene. The genera Homo, Paranthropus, and Kenyanthropus evolved from some Australopithecus species. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Australopithecus
Class: Mammalia
Genus: †Australopithecus; R.A. Dart, 1925
Brain size: 450 cubic centimetres
Family: Hominidae
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Lower classifications