australopithecus

australopithecus

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• n.南方古猿（一百万年前生活在非洲，与人类和类人猿相似）
• 网络南方古猿属；南猿；南猿属

英汉双解

英汉解释

n.

1. 南方古猿属

例句

Australopithecus was a group of early hominids that is reckoned to be the ancestral genus of Homo, to which modern man belongs.

南方古猿是早期原始人类的一部分，被认为是祖先人种，现代人就由此而来。

The consensus had been that habilis was a transitional form between Australopithecus and Homo erectus.

人们一致认为“能人”是南方古猿和直立人之间的过渡物种。

But White would say there's a better question to ask: Would it be possible to derive Australopithecus from Ardipithecus parts?

但怀特表示，还有一种更好的提问方式，即我们能否从地猿派生出南猿？

Lucy, also found in Africa, thrived a million years after Ardi and was of the more human-like genus Australopithecus.

同样在非洲出土的“露西”化石，年代比“阿蒂”晚100万年，属于与人类更相近的南方古猿。

On one side of that date in the fossil timeline are the various species of Australopithecus, the first great apes to walk on two feet.

在化石时间轴的一端是一些属于南方古猿的物种，南方古猿是首次通过双脚直立行走的类人猿（Greatapes）。

Many anthropologists attribute the Laetoli prints to Australopithecus afarensis, the species that includes the partial skeleton dubbed Lucy.

许多人类学家将拉多里脚印归属为南方古猿（Australopithecusafarensis），该物种包括被命名为露西的局部骨架。

There's nothing like a good steak. And our Australopithecus afarensis ancestors apparently felt the same way.

对于我们来说，没有什么比一块肉排更好了，显然，我们的阿法南方古猿祖先们也这样想。

She belongs to the species known as Australopithecus afarensis. You don't need to remember that.

她属于南方古猿阿法种，你不需要记住这个。

Dart christened the fossil Australopithecus Africanus, meaning the "Southern African ape" .

达特给化石命名为非洲南猿，意即“南非类人猿”。

The most likely toolmaker is Australopithecus garhi, the name given a skull found in 1997.

石器制造者最为可能是南方奇异古猿（Australopithecusgarhi），1997年发掘出的头骨以此命名。

Fossils of the new species, Australopithecus sediba, were discovered in 2008 in a cave in South Africa.

新发现的物种化石---南猿源泉种（Australopithecussediba）于2008年在南非一个山洞中被发现。

What is unclear thus far, Wood says, is whether the Dmanisi hominids fall on the Homo side of the divide or the Australopithecus one.

伍德说，到目前还不清楚的是，德玛尼斯化石的分类地位究竟落在南猿属那一边，还是人属这一边。

The remains of Lucy, who belongs to the species Australopithecus afarensis, were uncovered in another part of Ethiopia in 1974.

露西属于南猿亚科（Australopithecusafarensis），其残骸于1974年在埃塞俄比亚的另一个发掘点出土。

Australopithecus, Cro-Magnon, Neanderthal are to name but three extinct species.

南方古猿人、克罗马尼翁人、尼安得特尔人是三种灭绝物种的名字。

Already the fossils suggest that Australopithecus didn't morph suddenly into Homo, but adapted in gradual, piecemeal fashion.

至少这些化石已经表明南方古猿并非立即变成人属，而是有一个逐步地一点一点适应的过程。

That can be done very accurately for all primates, and DeSilva was able to analyze a dozen Australopithecus skulls.

这种方法可以精确地运用于所有灵长类。德西尔瓦有一打南猿头骨可供他分析。

This week, bones from Australopithecus Sediba are unveiled at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

本周，南方古猿人的骨骼在约翰尼斯堡金山大学公布于众。

And our Australopithecus afarensis ancestors apparently felt the same way.

而我们的祖先——阿法尔南猿——显然也是这样认为的。

Older footprints, dating to 3. 6 million years ago found in Tanzania have been attributed to the less advanced Australopithecus afarensis.

更久远的足迹，可以追溯到360万年前在坦桑尼亚发现的，该足迹已经被认为是比较低级别的阿法南方古猿（Australopithecusafarensis）的足迹。

The same rules apply to the transition from Australopithecus to the third stage of our assembly.

相同的原则也适用于从南猿向现代人类装配进行转化的第三阶段。

Lucy belonged to a species called Australopithecus afarensis and lived in the region around 3. 2m years ago.

“露西”属于一种称为南方古猿阿法系（Australopithecusafarensis）的古代人种，大约320万年前生活在这一地区。

another smaller, graceful type of Australopithecus;

另一类是体形较小，体态优美的南猿；