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。

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"Sometimes one sees writers just standing before it, like early hominids in front of a monolith," said Nick Denton, Gawker Media's founder.

“有时有人会注意到作者们只是站在它面前，犹如原始人类站在巨石前一样，”高科传媒的创始人尼克·丹顿说。

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These early hominids were likely "ancient pioneers", as they appear to be among the first to leave Africa to colonize other parts of the world.

这些早期的原始人可能是“古老的开荒者”，他们似乎是第一批离开非洲去世界其他地方开拓殖民地的人。

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These stone tools generally consisted of sharp flakes battered off a stone core, but early hominids also did more sophisticated flaking and retouching to sharpen and straighten their blades.

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