Diffrence between homo and australopithecus

Homo - latin word meaning man , names assigned to them on their typical characteristics - homo habilis (tool maker) , homo erectus(upright man) , homo sapiens (thinking man) .
Extinctiom of early form of australopithecus and replacement by species that were better adapted to drier conditions.
Australopithecus - latin and greek words meaning southern ape
They were earliest form of humans .
(Mention about the brain size , posture etc)
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AUSTRALOPITHECUS- word derives from a latin word ' austral ' meaning southern and a Greek word 'pithekos ' meaning ape . They have a smaller brain ( less intelligence , less memory , less thinking power ) . Heavier jaws and larger teeths enabled them to eat raw meat . They are quadrapeds which enabled them to spend life on trees due to flexible limbs and mobile ankle joints . Limited use of hands did not allow them to make stone tools.HOMO - ' homo ' is a latin word meaning ' man ' including woman. They have a larger brain ( more intelligence , more memory , more thinking power ) . Smaller jaws and inverted teeths enabled only to eat soft meat . These are bipedals which enabled them to walk on their two feet but for a short time. More of use of hands enabled them to make and use stone tools .HOPE.........YOU LIKE THE ANSWER . THUMBS UP PLEASE ...... : ))
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Historically the word homo mean a human being which includes both gender(male and female).It was believe that they existed in 2.5 million years. And australopitheus mean the ape man who can use to wake streadly or in a stread position.The first Australopitheus where found from Africa continent.
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The suffix 'pithicus' means 'apes' was given to those skeletal forms that were discovered in Africa. Skeletal and others bones characters which are more comparable and extension of the characters of the present apes these skeletal features included small brain size, receding frontal skulls,large orbits longer hand bones.An australopithecus species,perhapes is the next stage in evaluation after apes which possibly evolved into homo species ,whose skeletal fragments have been discovered across Euroasia.


The word 'Homo'indicates human like erect stature, enlarged brain size etc.the homophobic is the name that refers to skeletal remains discovered in Africa, Europe and Asia, the skeletal structure showed some of the characters which appeared to be preliminary developmental stages that are more comparable to the present form of man (Homo Sapiens).
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Homo is more like us, Australopithecus are like human ape hybrid looking things.Both are habitually bipedal though. The main difference is originally that the genus Homo were tool makers while Australopithecus were not.
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