Boskop

(ˈbɒskɒp)

(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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Boskop man
boskopoid
genus Homo
Homo sapiens
russet

References in periodicals archive ?

The reference point was the 'Boskop race', a foundation of a race typology based on the finding of a skull in 1913.

Darwin's Hunch: Science, Race and the Search for Human Origins

Television footage showed a car carrying the athlete leaving the city's Boskop police station.