Live Science crossword puzzle #25: Ancient hominin species famous for their 'upright' posture — 11 across

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Previous science crosswords

Want to try luck with our previous crossword puzzles? The most recent ones can be found below, but you can access the full list of science crosswords here.

—#24: Elemental particle associated with light — 11 down

—#23: Distance around the edge of a circle — 6 down

—#22: Subatomic particle with a positive charge — 13 across

—#21: NASA rover that landed on Mars in 2012 — 16 across

—#20: Largest contiguous land empire in history — 3 down

—#19: Tallest mountain in Africa — 12 across