australopithecine

Some researchers see the australopithecine mouth as sculpted for munching small, hard objects such as seeds.

一些研究人员把南方古猿的嘴看作是用力咀嚼如种子一样小而硬的食物的造型.

Some scientists believe that habilis is not a separate species and should be carried either as a later Australopithecine or an early Homo erectus.

一些科学家认为，能人是不是一个独立的物种，应当进行直立人无论是作为一个后来古猿或早期智人。

But pinning down when precisely this took place, and which of the various australopithecine species were involved, has been challenging.

不过，要想确定确切的人类演化时间和哪些南方古猿物种参与了演化，仍是极具挑战性的课题。

Now the most human-like australopithecine found to date is clarifying things-and staking a claim to be the species from which early humans evolved.

目前，迄今为止发现的与人类最为相似的南方古猿正逐渐解开这团迷雾——它阐明了早期人类是由哪个物种演化而来的。