 It is debated whether or not "A. bahrelghazali" is simply a western version of "A. afarensis" and not a separate species.A taxonomy of the "Australopithecus" within the great apes is assessed as follows, with "Paranthropus" and "Homo" emerging among the "Australopithecus".The genus "Australopithecus" with conventional definitions is assessed to be highly paraphyletic, i.e.