Australocarpus

Biography
The Australocarpus is G.G.’s second earliest ancestor. These fruits lived with Howler Fruits in Latin America way before humans arrived. Australocarpi are a little more evolved than howler fruits. For one thing, Australocarpi walk upright/vertically full-time. Plus they don't have any tails, and spend more time on the ground than on land. These creatures are very social, just like their earlier ancestors, and walking vertically sure came in handy when seeing things, especially if there are predators around. Almost forgot, Land bridges kept forming once every blue moon, and Australocarpi began migrating throughout parts of the world, even into Eurasia (where the species would soon evolve into Ganderthals).

Personality/Characteristics
These fruimates, as mentioned before, live mostly on the ground. But spend their nights in the trees so predators don't get to them. They spend the time grooming one another. Plus they are very aware of the Jalapenuar lurking in the jungle. Most times the apefruits are considered prey. Until one day, when Australocarpi and a Jalapenuar fought for the land, and the apefruits managed to make the giant fruitline go away just by throwing a lot of rocks at it.

Appearance/Appearances
Australocarpus is a dark-green giant granadilla with a green snout and face (except for their pink lips, which can sometimes be seen green).

An Australocarpus first appeared in "G.G. Family Reunion", where in one scene, G.G built a time machine and travelled back in time to meet his primitive ancestor in action. Plus, G.G invited the Australocarpus, whose name is "Verde" according to G.G since he speaks a little Australocarpus, to the party. All the giant granadillas had fun playing pass the cut pepper.

Diet
Its diet is similar to its real life counterpart, Australopithecus. Australocarpus eats seeds and leaves. Plus, they're scavengers, they'd eat mostly anything dead.

Trivia

 * Australocarpus is based on the ape, Australopithecus, hence their similarities.
 * Just like Australopithecus, Australocarpus has a name with half of it deriving from a different language. From the Latin "Australis (southern)" and the Greek "καρπός (Karpos (fruit))".
 * Many of these apefruits are gone because of their extinction. But also the fact, that they've evolved into anthropomorphic Giant Granadillas.

Extinction
350,000 years ago, upon the arrival of the Ganderthal, the Australocarpus mated with them and eventually died out.