australopithecineとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Australopithecine

語源

Originally in reference to a now-obsolete subfamily Australopithecinae, formed in New Latin, from Latin austrālis (“southern”) + Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌɒstɹələ(ʊ)ˈpɪθɪsiːn/

名詞

australopithecine (plural australopithecines)

1. (anthropology, paleontology) Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus in the subtribe Australopithecina when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera. [from 20th c.]
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 28:

     It is as if there were enshrined in these legends a racial memory of the Australopithicines who came close but never did make it to full humanity.

   • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 391:

     Australopithecines came in several varieties, some slender and gracile, like Raymond Dart's Taung child, others more sturdy and robust, but all were capable of walking upright.

   • 2011, Chris Stringer, The Origin of Our Species, Penguin, published 2012, page 151:

     Caspari and Lee carried out comparisons ranging from ancient hominins such as australopithecines through to Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons, assessing the ratios of young adults to old adults.

派生語

形容詞

australopithecine (comparative more australopithecine, superlative most australopithecine)

1. (anthropology, paleontology) Of or pertaining to these hominids.

同意語

• australopith (depending on classification)