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Australopithecus boisei
[ aw-strey-loh-pith-i-kuhs boi-sey, -puh-thee-kuhs, aw-struh-loh- ]
noun
- a former classification of Paranthropus boisei .
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Australopithecus boisei1
From New Latin; Australopithecus ( def ) + boisei after Charles Boise, a benefactor of L.S.B. Leakey, who described and named the original finds in 1959
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