Australopithecus (first ape man)

Australopithecus africanus appeared about $5$ million years ago and is also called African ape man. He was about $1.5$ meters high and had human as well as ape characters. Australopithecus africanus had also gave rise to man like apes called Australopithecus robustus and Australopithecus boisei along a separate line end that ends blindly