zin·jan·thro·pus (z n-j n thr -ps, zn jn-thr ps)n. An extinct primate postulated from bones found in Tanzania in 1959 and originally designated Zinjanthropus boisei by Louis S.B. Leakey. It was later shown to be an australopithecine and renamed Australopithecus boisei. [New Latin Zinjanthr pus, former genus name : Arabic zinj, zanj, an African (probably from shortening of zanjab r, Zanzibar) + Greek anthrpos, man.] |
zinjanthropus [zɪnˈdʒænθrəpəs]
n
(Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) a type of australopithecine, Australopithecus boisei (formerly Zinjanthropus boisei), remains of which were discovered in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania in 1959
[New Latin, from Arabic Zinj East Africa + Greek anthrōpos man]
| zinjanthropus (zn-jnthr-ps, znjn-thr-) An extinct hominid postulated from bones found in Tanzania in 1959 and originally designated Zinjanthropus boisei by Louis S.B. Leakey. It was later shown to be an australopithecine and renamed Australopithecus boisei. |
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| Noun | 1. | Zinjanthropus - genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned 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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