单词 | proanthropos |
释义 | > as lemmasproanthropos proanthropos n. Brit. /prəʊˈanθrəpɒs/ , /prəʊˈanθrəpəs/ , U.S. /proʊˈænθrəpəs/ [ < pro- prefix2 + ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (see anthropo- comb. form)] now rare a (hypothetical) prehistoric ancestor of humans.ΚΠ 1870 F. M. Müller in Littell's Living Age 5 Feb. 366/1 The pro-anthropos is more unintelligible to us than even the prot-anthropos would be. 1892 Amer. Naturalist 26 464 In most of the anthropoid apes, and therefore presumably in the pro-anthropos, there are thirteen complete ribs and four lumbar vertebræ. 1902 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. (rev. ed.) IV. 40/2 We may postulate a Tertiary ‘precursor’, a ‘proanthropos’, but exhibit one of his bones in the broad light of day we cannot. < as lemmas |
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