You had journeyed back in time 3.5 million years.
The idea that a single, slowly developing lineage led inexorably from some Pliocene australopith to modern humans has been discredited for about 30 years, and the present agreement on the early history of Homo is the result.
They were bipedal, meaning they moved on two legs, like modern humans, but unlike apes, they had small brains. Their cheek teeth were bigger than those of modern humans, but their canine teeth were smaller than those of apes.
Au. afarensis is a member of the genus Australopithecus, a family of early hominin species (human cousins) with small bodies and small brains that were capable of upright walking but poorly suited for long-distance land travel.
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