Dart christened the fossil Australopithecus Africanus, meaning the "Southern African ape".

达特给化石命名为非洲南猿，意即“南非类人猿”。

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That's when the first skull of a human ancestor was unearthed in Africa: the Taung child, now recognized as a member of Australopithecus africanus, which lived about 3 million to 2 million years ago.

那时，人类祖先的第一个头盖骨在非洲出土：生在约300万至200万年前的小孩汤恩，现在公认为是一名南方古猿非洲种成员。

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With a small, advanced brain, long arms, long legs and an advanced pelvis, Australopithecus sediba is described as probably a transitional species between Australopithecus Africanus and Homo habilis.

有一个小小的突出的脑袋，长长的手臂和腿以及突出的骨盆，根据描述古猿sediba很有可能是古猿Africanus和能人之间的过渡性物种。

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