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单词 kenyanthropus
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Kenyanthropusn.

Brit. /kɛnˈjanθrəpəs/, U.S. /kɛnˈjænθrəpəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Kenyanthropus.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Kenyanthropus, genus name (M. G. Leakey et al. 2001: see quot. 2001) < the name of Kenya (see Kenya n.) + scientific Latin -anthropus man, human (see Pithecanthropus n.). Compare earlier Kenyapithecus n.
Palaeontology.
An extinct hominid, Kenyanthropus platyops, known from Pliocene fossil remains found in northern Kenya dated to between 3.5 and 3.2 million years ago, and usually interpreted as one of several contemporary human-like hominids. Also: the genus Kenyanthropus itself.The status of the single distorted specimen is somewhat controversial; some workers place it in Australopithecus, or identify it with A. afarensis or Homo rudolfensis.
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Kenyanthropus2001
2001 M. G. Leakey et al. in Nature 22 Mar. 433 Kenyanthropus gen. nov... Kenyanthropus lacks the suite of derived dental and cranial features found in Paranthropus aethiopicus, P. boisei and P. robustus.
2007 E. Sarmiento in E. Sarmiento et al. Last Human 58/1 Thirty-three other fossils..may also belong to Kenyanthropus, but lack features unique to Kenyanthropus that can definitively associate them to the skull or upper jaw.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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