Zinjanthropus

[ zin-jan-thruh-puhs, zin-jan-throh- ]

noun

1. a genus to which Paranthropus boisei was formerly assigned.

zinjanthropus

/ zɪnˈdʒænθrəpəs /

noun

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

zinjanthropus

/ zĭn-jăn′thrə-pəs,zĭn′jăn-thrō′- /

1. An extinct hominid postulated from bones found in Tanzania in 1959 and originally designated Zinjanthropus boisei by Louis S.B. Leakey. It was later shown to be an australopithecine and renamed Australopithecus boisei.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Zinjanthropus¹

First recorded in 1955–60; from New Latin, from Arabic zinj, an area in East Africa + Greek ánthrōpos “human being, man”

Word History and Origins

Origin of Zinjanthropus¹

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