australopithecine

As nouns the difference between pleistocene and australopithecine

is that pleistocene is pleistocene while australopithecine is (anthropology|paleonotology) any of several extinct hominid primates, of the genus australopithecus , from the pleistocene period.

As an adjective australopithecine is

(archaeology|anthropology|paleonotology) of or pertaining to these creatures.

As nouns the difference between primate and australopithecine

is that primate is (zoology) a mammal of the order primates , including simians and prosimians or primate can be (ecclesiastical) in the catholic church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription while australopithecine is (anthropology|paleonotology) any of several extinct hominid primates, of the genus australopithecus , from the pleistocene period.

As an adjective australopithecine is

(archaeology|anthropology|paleonotology) of or pertaining to these creatures.

As nouns the difference between hominid and australopithecine

is that hominid is any primate of the family Hominidae. All the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and humans) while Australopithecine is any of several extinct anthropoid apes of the genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus

As adjectives the difference between hominid and australopithecine

is that hominid is of the Hominidae while Australopithecine is of or pertaining to these animals or their fossils.