Australopithecus Memes

Seven identical human skulls labeled as different demographic groups, followed by one clearly different australopithecine skull. This is basically anthropology's version of the "one of these things is not like the others" game. Modern human skeletal anatomy is remarkably consistent across populations—our differences truly are skin deep. Then there's our evolutionary cousin who's just happy to be included in the family photo. Australopithecus afarensis lived 3.9-2.9 million years ago and would absolutely destroy us in a jaw strength competition, but would struggle with complex tool use and probably Wordle.