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Paranthropus|pæˈrænθrəʊpəs, pærænˈθrəʊpəs|
[mod.L. (R. Broom 1938, in Nature 27 Aug. 379/1), f. para-1 + Gr. ἄνθρωπος man.]
A fossil hominid first described from remains found at Kromdraai and other sites in southern Africa, formerly included in the genus so called, and now usually included in the species Australopithecus robustus.
1941R. Broom in Nature 5 July 13/1 We have a good lower jaw of Paranthropus. Its teeth are almost typically human. 1946Transvaal Mus. Mem. II. iii. 85 In the male Plesianthropus the anterior surface of the maxilla is essentially similar to that in the female, and thus unlike that in the presumably male Paranthropus. Ibid. 92 The Paranthropus skull resembles the living anthropoids much more that it does man. 1953[see Australopithecus]. 1959J. D. Clark Prehist. S. Afr. iii. 62 Now, however, anatomists are agreed that only one generic form is represented in the Man-ape remains but that two specific forms exist—Australopithecus and a later, more specialized form, Paranthropus. 1961Lancet 30 Sept. 768/1 The existence of a Paranthropus-like form at Olduvai and later at Swartkrans and Kromdraai..seems to suggest that this genus..was moving out peripherally from a central African habitat. 1971S. A. Barnett Human Species (ed. 5) iv. 100 There are..some more recently discovered forms (‘Paranthropus’) which were probably above the average height of modern man. |