Zinjanthropus


the genus to which australopithecus boisei was formerly -ssigned.
noun
a type of australopithecine, australopithecus boisei (formerly zinjanthropus boisei), remains of which were discovered in the olduvai gorge in tanzania in 1959
zinjanthropus
(zĭn-jān’thrə-pəs, zĭn’jān-thrō’-)
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.

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