Something lacking to complete a series or to form an intermediate between two things, esp. in an evolutionary process; (Physical Anthropology) a…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > member of superfamily Hominoidea (apes and humans) > family Hominidae (humans and ancestors ) > extinct or hypothetical ape-man (9) missing link1820 Something lacking to complete a series or to form an intermediate between two things, esp. in an evolutionary process; (Physical Anthropology) a… apeman1864 Originally: a hypothetical creature intermediate in character and development between apes and humans. In later use: any of various early… Pithecanthropus1873 A hypothetical creature bridging the gap in evolutionary development between apes and man. Obsolete. Oreopithecus1878 An extinct ape, Oreopithecus bambolii, known from numerous late Miocene fossil remains found chiefly in Italy, and dated to about eight million… Broken Hill1921 Used attributively with reference to an extinct hominid known from fossil remains found at Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia); = Kabwe… dryopithecine1948 A dryopithecine ape. Zinjanthropus1959 An extinct robust hominid first known from a fossil skull found by Mary Leakey at Olduvai (now Oldupai), Tanzania, formerly known as Zinjanthropus b… Orrorin2001 An extinct hominid, Orrorin tugenensis, known from late Miocene fossil remains found in the Tugen Hills of Kenya, and dated to between 6.2 and… Sahelanthropus2002 An extinct hominid, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, known from late Miocene fossil remains found in northern Chad, and dated to about seven million years… |
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