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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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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- proper noun anthropology, paleontology, archaeology, obsolete A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Homininae — a group ofextinct bipedal hominids .
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- noun genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned
Etymologies
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Examples
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The name of the genus "Zinjanthropus" has since been dropped.
Zinj and the Leakeys 2009
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This group includes the Zinjanthropus and “Lucy,” a female ape, of which fragments were discovered by D. C. Johanson in 1974.17
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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This group includes the Zinjanthropus and “Lucy,” a female ape, of which fragments were discovered by D. C. Johanson in 1974.17
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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This group includes the Zinjanthropus and “Lucy,” a female ape, of which fragments were discovered by D. C. Johanson in 1974.17
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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This group includes the Zinjanthropus and “Lucy,” a female ape, of which fragments were discovered by D. C. Johanson in 1974.17
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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His pithy accounts explain how the fossils of everything from Archeopteryx to Tyrannosaurus to Zinjanthropus came to be discovered and interpreted.
When We First Undertook A Search for Life on Earth Michael Shermer 2010
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How did discovering Zinjanthropus boisei change life for your family?
Zinj and the Leakeys 2009
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What was happening on the site when your mother, Mary Leakey, made the discovery of Zinjanthropus boisei?
Zinj and the Leakeys 2009
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What has been the lasting impact of the Zinjanthropus discovery?
Zinj and the Leakeys 2009
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That's why they called it Zinjanthropus and later it became known as Australopithecus [Zinjanthropus] boisei.
Zinj and the Leakeys 2009
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