Zinjanthropus

Zin·jan·thro·pus

 (zĭn-jăn′thrə-pəs, zĭn′jăn-thrō′pəs)

n.

An extinct hominin postulated from a skull found in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, in 1959 and originally designated Zinjanthropus boisei by Louis S.B. Leakey. It was later renamed Paranthropus boisei.

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[New Latin Zinjanthrōpus, former genus name : Arabic zinj, zanj, the peoples of East Africa, black Africans + Greek anthrōpos, human being.]

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zinjanthropus

(zɪnˈdʒænθrəpəs)

n

(Palaeontology) a type of australopithecine, Australopithecus boisei (formerly Zinjanthropus boisei), remains of which were discovered in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania in 1959

[C20: New Latin, from Arabic Zinj East Africa + Greek anthrōpos man]

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Zinjanthropus - genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned genus Zinjanthropus 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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