australopithecus

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• n.南方古猿（一百萬年前生活在非洲，與人類和類人猿相似）
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)南方古猿屬；南猿；南猿屬

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

n.

1. 南方古猿屬

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類的一部分，被認為是祖先人種，現(xiàn)代人就由此而來。

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

人們一致認為“能人”是南方古猿和直立人之間的過渡物種。

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

但懷特表示，還有一種更好的提問方式，即我們能否從地猿派生出南猿？

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

同樣在非洲出土的“露西”化石，年代比“阿蒂”晚100萬年，屬于與人類更相近的南方古猿。

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.

在化石時間軸的一端是一些屬于南方古猿的物種，南方古猿是首次通過雙腳直立行走的類人猿（Greatapes）。

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

許多人類學(xué)家將拉多里腳印歸屬為南方古猿（Australopithecusafarensis），該物種包括被命名為露西的局部骨架。

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

對于我們來說，沒有什么比一塊肉排更好了，顯然，我們的阿法南方古猿祖先們也這樣想。

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

她屬于南方古猿阿法種，你不需要記住這個。

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

達特給化石命名為非洲南猿，意即“南非類人猿”。

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

石器制造者最為可能是南方奇異古猿（Australopithecusgarhi），1997年發(fā)掘出的頭骨以此命名。

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

新發(fā)現(xiàn)的物種化石---南猿源泉種（Australopithecussediba）于2008年在南非一個山洞中被發(fā)現(xiàn)。

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

伍德說，到目前還不清楚的是，德瑪尼斯化石的分類地位究竟落在南猿屬那一邊，還是人屬這一邊。

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

露西屬于南猿亞科（Australopithecusafarensis），其殘骸于1974年在埃塞俄比亞的另一個發(fā)掘點出土。

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

南方古猿人、克羅馬尼翁人、尼安得特爾人是三種滅絕物種的名字。

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

至少這些化石已經(jīng)表明南方古猿并非立即變成人屬，而是有一個逐步地一點一點適應(yīng)的過程。

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

這種方法可以精確地運用于所有靈長類。德西爾瓦有一打南猿頭骨可供他分析。

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約翰尼斯堡金山大學(xué)公布于眾。

And our Australopithecus afarensis ancestors apparently felt the same way.

而我們的祖先——阿法爾南猿——顯然也是這樣認為的。

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

更久遠的足跡，可以追溯到360萬年前在坦桑尼亞發(fā)現(xiàn)的，該足跡已經(jīng)被認為是比較低級別的阿法南方古猿（Australopithecusafarensis）的足跡。

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

相同的原則也適用于從南猿向現(xiàn)代人類裝配進行轉(zhuǎn)化的第三階段。

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

“露西”屬于一種稱為南方古猿阿法系（Australopithecusafarensis）的古代人種，大約320萬年前生活在這一地區(qū)。

another smaller, graceful type of Australopithecus;

另一類是體形較小，體態(tài)優(yōu)美的南猿；