Scientists believe Australopithecus first appeared in Africa about 3.85 million years ago.

科学家们认为，南方古猿大约在385万年前首次出现在非洲。

Selam, the Ethiopian name for another Australopithecus fossil, means " peace" in Amharic.

塞拉姆，是另一个南方古猿化石的埃塞俄比亚名字，在阿姆哈拉语中意为“和平”。

He placed its age at two million years and dubbed it Australopithecus africanus, or southern ape man of Africa.

他推断它的生存时间距今有200万年左右，井将其明明为南方古猿非洲种，或者说“非洲南方猿人”。

Even his chosen name, Australopithecus, showed a lack of scholarly application, combining as it did Greek and Latin roots.

连他为化石取的名字，南方古猿——将希腊语和拉丁语词根组合在一起，也显示出他的学术能力的欠缺。

Or from more ancient Homo habilis … or even from Australopithecus?

或者来自更古老的能人… … 甚至来自南方古猿？

Let's start off with one of the most famous human-like groups: the Australopithecus.

让我们从最著名的类人群体之一：南方古猿开始。

So this here is— this is one side of the pelvis of Lucy, the famous Australopithecus from Ethiopia.

RM：所以这是——这是来自埃塞俄比亚的著名南方古猿露西 (Lucy) 骨盆的一侧。

Mrs Ples was originally blasted from Member 4, the source of almost every Australopithecus fossil from Sterkfontein.

Mrs Ples 最初是从 Member 4 炸毁的，它是 Sterkfontein 几乎所有南方古猿化石的来源。

Lucy belonging to the extinct species Australopithecus afarensis was discovered in northern Ethiopia in 1974, with about 40 % of her skeletal bones extant.

露西属于已灭绝的南方古猿物种，1974年在埃塞俄比亚北部被发现，目前仍然存有她大约40%的骨骼。

Fitch said it is possible the simplified development happened in a human ancestor called Australopithecus, which combined ape-like and human-like elements.

费奇说，这种简化的进化可能发生在人类祖先南方古猿身上，它结合了类人猿和类人的元素。