Boskop

Boskop

(ˈbɒskɒp)
n
(Anthropology & Ethnology)
a. a prehistoric race of the late Pleistocene period in sub-Saharan Africa
b. (as modifier): Boskop man.
[C20: named after Boskop, in the Transvaal, where remains of this race were first discovered]
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