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The PEDIGREE of
Australopithecus afarensis

Born:  4.0 M BC    Died:  2.9 M BC

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 Child:         A. garhi

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 Possible Child:         Homo habilis
 Alternative Father of Possible Child:         Australopithecus africanus

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												/	-- Subcohort [McKenna] Carnivora-Archon.   +							====> [ 58]
											/	-- Broad Clade of Archonta and Ungulata (Rat-Beast-Whale)
										/	-- Clade [McKenna] Archonta (Chiroptera-Dermoptera-Primata)
										/		| OR: prob. Subcohort [Biochem] Glire-Euarchonta   +								====> [ 59]
									/	-- Clade (P) Euarchonta
								/	-- Primates, Order (P) of
							/	-- Suborder of Anthropoid Primates
						/	-- Infraorder of Apes  (24? M BC - ?)
					/	-- Superfamily of Great Apes  (14 M BC - ?)
				/	-- Clade of Hominid & Gorilla  (10 M BC - ?)
			/	-- Family of Hominids (Sahelanthropus tchadensis)
		/	-- prob.  Orrorin tugenensis  (6.3 M BC - ?)
	/	-- Ardipithecus kadabba  (5.5 M BC - ?)
/	-- prob.  Ardepithecus ramidus  (4.7 M BC - ?)
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- Australopithecus afarensis

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  (poss.) ``3-Great Grandchildren:''        Man of the Middle Mousterian toolkit   ;   Homo sapiens sapiens   ;   First Advanced Speaker
  (poss.) ``8-Great Grandchildren:''        Man of the Gravettian toolkit   ;   First Speaker of Austric   ;   First Speaker of Congo-Nostratic
 

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