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Ramapithecus|ˌrɑːməˈpɪθiːkəs|
[mod.L. (G. E. Lewis 1934, in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. CCXXVII. 162), f. Rāma, the name of an Indian prince of Ayodhyā + Gr. πίθηκος ape.]
A fossil anthropoid ape, sometimes considered a hominid, belonging to the genus so called and known from remains found in northern India and East Africa. So ramaˈpithecine n. and a., a fossil anthropoid closely related to Ramapithecus; pertaining to or resembling an anthropoid ape of this kind.
1934Discovery July 197/2 The other [ape], Ramapithecus, is represented by an upper jaw in which the teeth are set in a rounded V, approaching the human form, instead of the U-shape characteristic of the anthropoids. 1965Folia Primatologica III. 90 No finds of Ramapithecus or any other dryopithecine or hominid have ever been made in the Tatrot or Pinjor zones. 1968D. Pilbeam in Nature 28 Sept. 1337/1, I would argue..that Ramapithecus is probably a hominid,..even if fossil evidence were produced which showed that it was not yet a habitual biped. 1969J. E. Pfeiffer Emergence of Man ii. 47 Imagine an adventurous hominid or prehominid, a primitive Ramapithecus perhaps, looking for food in the savanna. 1971[see Kenyapithecus]. 1973Listener 10 May 604/3 Some anthropologists would boldly put Ramapithecus among the hominids. 1976R. Ardrey Hunting Hypothesis 35 Were the ramapithecines close to the common ancestor of chimp and man? 1977Sci. Amer. May 31/1 Kretzoi now recognizes his fossils as being ‘ramapithecine’ even if they are not generically Ramapithecus. 1978Nature 5 Jan. 12/1 It is of interest and of uncertain significance that not all ramapithecines have been found in woodland deposits. |