Zinjanthropusn.

Brit.

/zɪnˈdʒanθrəpəs/, U.S.

/ˌzɪnˈdʒænθrəpəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Zinjanthropus.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Zinjanthropus, former genus name (L. S. B. Leakey 1959: see quot. 1959) < Zinj (variant of Zanj (Arabic Zanj , Persian Zang ), a medieval name used in Arabic and Persian sources for an area in East Africa, including the Horn of Africa and also parts of modern-day Kenya and Tanzania (compare the first part of the name of Zanzibar : see Zanzibari n.)) + ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος man (see anthropo- comb. form), on account of the first specimen having been found in Tanzania.With the place name Zanj, Zinj compare Arabic zanj, zinj (noun) dark-skinned inhabitants of Africa collectively, Persian zangī (adjective) of or relating to the dark-skinned inhabitants of Africa (Pahlavi zangīg), Hellenistic Greek Ζίγγις, the name of an unidentified landmark on the East African coast (2nd cent. a.d. in Ptolemy), all probably ultimately independently < an otherwise unrecorded name in an East African language.

Palaeontology. Now historical.

An extinct robust hominid first known from a fossil skull found by Mary Leakey at Olduvai (now Oldupai), Tanzania, formerly known as Zinjanthropus boisei but now classified as Paranthropus (or Australopithecus) boisei. Also: the former genus Zinjanthropus itself.The original specimen was nicknamed ‘Zinj’ (cf. Nutcracker Man n. at nutcracker n. Compounds 2).

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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

missing link1820

apeman1864

Pithecanthropus1873

Oreopithecus1878

Broken Hill1921

dryopithecine1948

Zinjanthropus1959

Orrorin2001

Sahelanthropus2002

1959 L. S. B. Leakey in Nature 15 Aug. 492/1 Zinjanthropus gen nov... A new genus of the Hominidae.

1962 Listener 5 Apr. 589/1 Dr. Leakey's famous ‘nutcracker man’ Zinjanthropus (which has now been dated as having lived over 1,000,000 years ago).

1989 A. J. Jeffreys in J. R. Durant Human Origins vi. 83 The Leakeys began to unearth many important fossils from the Rift Valley..from species named ‘Zinjanthropus’ and ‘Homo habilis’.

2007 C. J. Cela-Conde & F. J. Ayala Human Evol. v. 159/1 Zinjanthropus gave the impression of a much more muscular masticatory apparatus than robust australopiths known at the time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zinjanthropus
释义	Zinjanthropusn. Brit. /zɪnˈdʒanθrəpəs/, U.S. /ˌzɪnˈdʒænθrəpəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Zinjanthropus. Etymology: < scientific Latin Zinjanthropus, former genus name (L. S. B. Leakey 1959: see quot. 1959) < Zinj (variant of Zanj (Arabic Zanj , Persian Zang ), a medieval name used in Arabic and Persian sources for an area in East Africa, including the Horn of Africa and also parts of modern-day Kenya and Tanzania (compare the first part of the name of Zanzibar : see Zanzibari n.)) + ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος man (see anthropo- comb. form), on account of the first specimen having been found in Tanzania.With the place name Zanj, Zinj compare Arabic zanj, zinj (noun) dark-skinned inhabitants of Africa collectively, Persian zangī (adjective) of or relating to the dark-skinned inhabitants of Africa (Pahlavi zangīg), Hellenistic Greek Ζίγγις, the name of an unidentified landmark on the East African coast (2nd cent. a.d. in Ptolemy), all probably ultimately independently < an otherwise unrecorded name in an East African language. Palaeontology. Now historical. An extinct robust hominid first known from a fossil skull found by Mary Leakey at Olduvai (now Oldupai), Tanzania, formerly known as Zinjanthropus boisei but now classified as Paranthropus (or Australopithecus) boisei. Also: the former genus Zinjanthropus itself.The original specimen was nicknamed ‘Zinj’ (cf. Nutcracker Man n. at nutcracker n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ 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 missing link1820 apeman1864 Pithecanthropus1873 Oreopithecus1878 Broken Hill1921 dryopithecine1948 Zinjanthropus1959 Orrorin2001 Sahelanthropus2002 1959 L. S. B. Leakey in Nature 15 Aug. 492/1 Zinjanthropus gen nov... A new genus of the Hominidae. 1962 Listener 5 Apr. 589/1 Dr. Leakey's famous ‘nutcracker man’ Zinjanthropus (which has now been dated as having lived over 1,000,000 years ago). 1989 A. J. Jeffreys in J. R. Durant Human Origins vi. 83 The Leakeys began to unearth many important fossils from the Rift Valley..from species named ‘Zinjanthropus’ and ‘Homo habilis’. 2007 C. J. Cela-Conde & F. J. Ayala Human Evol. v. 159/1 Zinjanthropus gave the impression of a much more muscular masticatory apparatus than robust australopiths known at the time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1959
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