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Australopithecus Males Were Much Larger than Females, Paleoanthropologist Says

Two extinct hominins, Australopithecus afarensis and Australopithecus africanus, were significantly more dimorphic than chimpanzees and modern humans; Australopithecus afarensis were also significantly more dimorphic than Australopithecus africanus, according to Dr. Adam Gordon, a paleoanthropologist at the University at Albany and Durham University.

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