Australopithecus boisei

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Australopithecus boisei - large-toothed hominid of eastern Africa; from 1 to 2 million years ago

Australopithecus, genus Australopithecus - extinct genus of African hominid

australopithecine - any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago

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australopithecine Australopithecus genus Australopithecus genus Zinjanthropus Leakey zinjanthropus			This remote spot has become famous as the archaeological site where, in 1959, Dr Mary Leakey discovered Australopithecus Boisei, a hominid said to have lived almost 1. Northern Tanzania Safari ? Your Best Bet yet, on An African Wildlife ... by Solomon Okila / Travel, recreation and leisure community Fossil discoveries of Australopithecus boisei, a member of the human evolutionary family that lived in Africa from around 2 million to 1 million years ago, show that this creature possessed huge teeth and a nutcrackerlike jaw the likes of which even Jay Leno, or Kirk Douglas would envy. Variety reigns in ancient hominid's skull by Bower, Bruce / Science News Australopithecus boisei, a member of a lineage in the human evolutionary family that died out around 1 million years ago, combined huge jaws designed for heavy-duty chewing with a relatively small brain. Boisei's adaptable ways by Bower, Bruce / Science News			Australian reed grass Australian Rules Australian salmon Australian salute Australian sassafras Australian sea lion Australian silky terrier Australian sloth Australian state Australian stilt Australian sumac Australian sword lily Australian tea Australian terrier Australian Tiffanie Australian turtledove Australiana Australianism Australianize Australize Australoid australopithecine Australopithecus Australopithecus afarensis Australopithecus africanus Australopithecus boisei Australopithecus robustus Australorp Austrasia Austria Austria-Hungary Austrian Austrian blind Austrian capital Austrian monetary unit Austrian schilling Austrian winter pea Austrine Austro- Austro-Asiatic Austro-Asiatic language Austro-Hungarian Austrocedrus Austrocedrus chilensis austromancy Austronesia Austronesian Austronesian language Austrotaxus Austrotaxus spicata Auszug			Australis Anti-Insect toxin 4 australite Australites Australize Australlia Australlia Australlia Australoid Australoid race Australoids Australopapuan Australopethicines Australopitek Australopitek Australopitek Australopithecinae australopithecine australopithecine australopithecine Australopithecines Australopithecines Australopithecines Australopithecus Australopithecus Australopithecus Australopithecus (genus) Australopithecus (genus) Australopithecus (genus) Australopithecus afarensis Australopithecus africanus Australopithecus boisei Australopithecus bosei Australopithecus bosei Australopithecus prometheus Australopithecus robustus Australopithecus robustus Australopithicus Australopithicus Australopithicus Australorp Australorp Australorp Australorps Australorps Australorps Australs Australs Australs Austrasia Austrasia Austrasian Austrasian Austråt Austrelaps superba Austria Austria Austria Austria Austria above the Enns Austria above the Enns Austria above the Enns

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