Australopithecus boisei

[ aw-strey-loh-pith-i-kuhs boi-sey, -puh-thee-kuhs, aw-struh-loh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a former classification of Paranthropus boisei .

Discover More

Word History and Origins

From New Latin; Australopithecus ( def ) + boisei after Charles Boise, a benefactor of L.S.B. Leakey, who described and named the original finds in 1959

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

In 1969, the team “hit the jackpot,” as Leakey put it, discovering the nearly complete skull of an early human ancestor, Australopithecus boisei.

From

Australopithecus anamensis Australopithecus garhi

Browse