All Australopithecus Fossils have been found in:?

Question

1) South America

2) Africa

3) Australia

4) Asia

Answer 1

The Australopithecines preceded the genus "Homo", which was the first to move out of Africa, so it has to be 2).

Answer 2

Africa

Answer 3

All fossils designated as Australopithecus were from Africa.  It is possible the Homo floresiensis (the "hobbit" from Indonesia) is a type of Australopithecine but I suspect it was properly named.

Answer 4

2)Africa... "widespread throughout Eastern and Southern Africa as early as 4 to as late as 1.2 million years ago."

Answer 5

Africa, where all early humans originated.