单词 | Kenyapithecus |
释义 | Kenyapithecus/ˌkɛnjəˈpɪθɪkəs/Palaeontology noun An extinct ape, Kenyapithecus wickeri, known from Middle Miocene fossil remains found at Fort Ternan, Kenya, dated to about 14 million years ago, and regarded by some as the ancestor of all great apes.
Origin1960s; earliest use found in Louis Leakey (1903–1972), archaeologist and palaeoanthropologist. From scientific Latin Kenyapithecus, genus name from the name of Kenya + scientific Latin -pithecus (fossil) ape. |
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