| 单词 |
Kenyapithecus |
| 释义 |
Kenyapithecus|ˌkɛnjəˈpɪθɪkəs|
[mod.L., f. Kenya + Gr. πίθηκος ape.]
A fossil hominid of the genus so called, first discovered in Kenya in 1961 by L. S. B. Leakey; sometimes included in the genus Ramapithecus.
[1961L. S. B. Leakey in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. IV. 690 The following is a diagnosis and preliminary description of this new Kenya Lower Pliocene primate. Super-Family Hominoidea. Family Incertae sedis. Genus Kenyapithecus gen. nov... The type of the genus is the new species Kenyapithecus wickeri described below. Species Kenyapithecus wickeri sp. nov.] 1963Times 1 June 6/1 The pelvis of Oreopithecus..is probably farther removed from human ancestry than its East African contemporary, Kenyapithecus. 1967Observer 15 Jan. 9/6 Dr. Leakey..endeavours to show..that his Kenyapithecus hominids are quite distinct from the ancestors of apes living at the same time. 1971J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxxi. 440 The fossils of Ramapithecus are less ape⁓like and more human. They were first named from specimens from the late Miocene of India, but the form known as Kenyapithecus from East Africa..is similar. |
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