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Zinjanthropus definition

Zin·jan·thro·pus (zin jan′t̸hrə pəs)

noun

a type of early hominid (Australopithecus boisei) who lived about 1,500,000 years ago in the Lower Pleistocene

Etymology: ModL < Ar Zinj, people of East Africa + Gr anthrōpos, man: see anthropo-

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