Talk:afarensis
Latest comment: 14 years ago by EncycloPetey in topic meaning
meaning edit
- afarensis (See Australopithecus afarensis)
- Is it correct that this means "of or pertaining to/belonging to Africa"? If so then should it be āfarensis or afarensis, since Africa is Āfer? Another issue is, following a previous discussion of "proper adjectives", is this capitalized or not? Caladon 14:07, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
- No that is not correct. You may be thinking of Australopithecus africanus instead. Australopithecus afarensis is so named because most of the fossils of it have been found in the Afar Depression. — Carolina wren discussió 07:20, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
- I was only following what it says here: [1] ; "'australopithecus' means 'Southern ape'; and 'afarensis' means 'of or belonging to Africa'." Therefore, is it more specifically "of or pertaining to the Afar region of Africa"? The question of whether it is capitalized hasn't been resolved. I guess there are no macrons, though what is its etymology? Is it from the Arabic afar meaning "dust, earth"? You seem to suggest it doesn't come from Āfer Caladon 08:35, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
- I've never seen the term capitalized in any use, so I've created it as a lower-case entry. I'm leaning towards having all Latin adjectives in lower case. --EncycloPetey 19:19, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
- I was only following what it says here: [1] ; "'australopithecus' means 'Southern ape'; and 'afarensis' means 'of or belonging to Africa'." Therefore, is it more specifically "of or pertaining to the Afar region of Africa"? The question of whether it is capitalized hasn't been resolved. I guess there are no macrons, though what is its etymology? Is it from the Arabic afar meaning "dust, earth"? You seem to suggest it doesn't come from Āfer Caladon 08:35, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
- No that is not correct. You may be thinking of Australopithecus africanus instead. Australopithecus afarensis is so named because most of the fossils of it have been found in the Afar Depression. — Carolina wren discussió 07:20, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
- Is it correct that this means "of or pertaining to/belonging to Africa"? If so then should it be āfarensis or afarensis, since Africa is Āfer? Another issue is, following a previous discussion of "proper adjectives", is this capitalized or not? Caladon 14:07, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
- Genus and species are generally written with the Genus first in uppercase letters followed by the species written in lowercase letters even if the name of the species represents the name of the country where the species was found. (cf. Homo sapien rational/wise man or Australopithecus africanus Southern African ape or Australopithecus afarensis Southern Afar Ape) 22:00, 18 May 2014 (GMT)