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PRONUNCIATION OF PARANTHROPUS

paranthropus  [pəˈrænθrəpəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARANTHROPUS

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Paranthropus is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PARANTHROPUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

paranthropus

Paranthropus

Paranthropus, is a genus of extinct hominins. Also known as robust australopithecines, they were bipedal hominids that probably descended from the gracile australopithecine hominids 2.7 million years ago. Members of this genus are characterised by robust craniodental anatomy, including gorilla-like sagittal cranial crests, which suggest strong muscles of mastication, and broad, grinding herbivorous teeth. However, Paranthropus skulls lack the transverse cranial crests that are also present in modern gorillas.

Definition of paranthropus in the English dictionary

The definition of paranthropus in the dictionary is any of a genus of extinct bipedal hominins, thought to have descended from Australopithecus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARANTHROPUS


allotropous
əˈlɒtrəpəs
amphitropous
æmˈfɪtrəpəs
anatropous
əˈnætrəpəs
campylotropous
ˌkæmpɪˈlɒtrəpəs
eutropous
ˈjuːtrəpəs
hemitropous
hɛˈmɪtrəpəs
heterotopous
ˌhɛtəˈrɒtəpəs
isotropous
aɪˈsɒtrəpəs
octopus
ˈɒktəpəs
orthotropous
ɔːˈθɒtrəpəs
plagiotropous
ˌpleɪdʒɪˈɒtrəpəs
sinanthropus
sɪnˈænθrəpəs
xenopus
ˈzɛnəpəs
zinjanthropus
zɪnˈdʒænθrəpəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARANTHROPUS

parancenteses
paranephric
paranephros
paranete
parang
paranoia
paranoiac
paranoic
paranoically
paranoid
paranoidal
paranormal
paranormality
paranormally
paranthelia
paranthelion
paranym
paranymph
parapara
parapareses

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARANTHROPUS

Apus
blue-ringed octopus
Canopus
corpus
habeas corpus
hippocampus
lupus
magnum opus
mopus
Mount Scopus
off-campus
Olympus
on-campus
opus
pithecanthropus
platypus
pus
rhizopus
Scopus
seropus

Synonyms and antonyms of paranthropus in the English dictionary of synonyms

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بارانثروبوس
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парантропы
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Paranthropus
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Paranthropus
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Paranthropus
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パラントロプス属
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Paranthropus
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Paranthropus
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पँथ्रथ्रूपस
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Paranthropus
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Paranthropus
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Paranthropus
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парантропи
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Paranthropus
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Paranthropus
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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARANTHROPUS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about paranthropus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARANTHROPUS»

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Essentials of Physical Anthropology
In any case, the East African Paranthropus individuals are all extremely robust in terms oftheir teeth and jaws— although in overall body size they are much like other australopiths. Because these somewhat later East African Paranthr0pus* ...
Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, Wenda Trevathan, 2012
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Evolutionary History of the "Robust" Australopithecines
It has been suggested that the locomotion of Paranthropus differed from that of early Homo, and that the lower limb of the former was manifestly less "hominized" than the latter (Tobias, 1965). Once again, as was noted with regard to the ...
Frederick E. Grine, 2007
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The Last Human: A Guide to Twenty-two Species of Extinct Humans
Considering that Paranthropus used tools, evidence of fire use and meat-eating in the Swartkrans Member 3 deposits is as likely attributable to Paranthropus as to Homo, further obscuring the differences between these two populations.
Gary J. Sawyer, Viktor Deak, 2007
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Handbook of Paleoanthropology: Vol I:Principles, Methods and ...
Wood (1988) found that Paranthropus robustus and Paranthropus boisei are sister taxa, that Homo is the sister taxon of this clade, and that Praeanthropus afarensis, Paranthropus aethiopicus and Australopithecus africanus branch off in  ...
Winfried Henke, Ian Tattersall, Thorolf Hardt, 2007
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Assembling the Tree of Life
Paranthropus robustus Broom 1938 Type specimen. TM 1511—an adult, presumably male, cranium and associated skeleton, “Phase II Breccia,” now member 3, Kromdraai B, South Africa 1938. Approximate time range. ~2.0–1.5 Myr. History ...
Joel Cracraft Curator of Ornithology American Museum of Natural History, the Herbarium Michael J. Donoghue Curator, Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University, 2004
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Forgotten Africa: An Introduction to Its Archaeology
Two of these were so different that, although generally regarded as aus- tralopithednes, they have been put into a separate genus by some authorities and given the name Paranthropus. This has been divided into the species Paranthropus ...
Graham Connah, 2004
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The Human Story: Where We Come from and how We Evolved
That name was given to the discovery in Kenya that was announced in 1985 and essentially defines Paranthropus aethiopicus. The Black Skull was so called because it is literally black, but the name is also appropriate because the discovery ...
Charles Lockwood, 2008
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History of Physical Anthropology
Paranthropus fossils at Swartkrans and gave them the new species name P. crassidens. That same year, Robinson found an early Homo fossil at the same site, and in deposits associated with Paranthropus. Broom and Robinson (1949)  ...
Frank Spencer, 1997
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The Hunters Or the Hunted?: An Introduction to African Cave ...
Renewed field work at Kromdraai in 1941 led to the discovery of a young Paranthropus child mandible that Broom (1941b) described as differing from that of Australopithecus from Taung in that the second incisors and canines were much ...
American Bar Foundation, Samuel J. Brakel, Ronald S. Rock, 1971
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Olduvai Gorge
In metrical features, the incisors are somewhat intermediate between the South African forms, but the degree of reduction from I1 to I2 is a little closer to that of Paranthropus than to that of Australopithecus. (204) The labial face of the maxillary ...
P. V. Tobias, 1967

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARANTHROPUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term paranthropus is used in the context of the following news items.
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New hominin discovery suggests multiple human ancestors lived …
It also confirms that certain dental features traditionally associated with later Paranthropus and Homo genera appear earlier in the fossil record ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jun 15»
2
Fossil find adds a relative to our family tree
These traits recall Paranthropus. That African hominid line existed from about 2.5 million to 1 million years ago. Together, these traits set apart ... «Science News for Students, Jun 15»
3
Newest "Human Ancestor" Apparently Composed Entirely of Teeth
However, the results are fairly consistent in placing this species as a sister taxon to a clade including Au. africanus, Paranthropus and Homo. «Discovery Institute, May 15»
4
From sticks to stones—getting a grip on the human genus
In South Africa, stone tools have also been recovered from various ancient cave sites along side 2 million year old Homo and Paranthropus ... «Phys.Org, Apr 15»
5
Earliest humans migrated into Europe 1.4 million years ago thanks …
Scientists believe this diet explains why the ancient hominin relative, called Paranthropus boisei, which lived in East Africa between 2.4 and 1.4 ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
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New instrument dates old skeleton; 'Little Foot' 3.67 million years old
"It demonstrates that the later hominids, for example, Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus did not all have to have derived from ... «Purdue Newsroom, Apr 15»
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How to reconstruct the face of an extinct human ancestor
The 3-D designer based in Sinop, Brazil, has digitally reconstructed the faces of over 15 extinct hominid species, including Paranthropus boisei ... «Science News, Mar 15»
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Jaw bone fossil discovered in Ethiopia is oldest known human …
One, called Paranthropus, had a small brain, large teeth and strong jaw muscles for chewing its food. The other was the Homo lineage, which ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
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Fossil teeth flesh out ancient kids' varied growth rates
AGING DOWN A Paranthropus robustus child, represented by this jaw and teeth, died at age 3.1, according to new evidence. The child was ... «Science News, Feb 15»
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Prehistoric humans bite may have been far more powerful than our …
Paranthropus boisei lived in Africa more than one million years ago and lived side-by-side with direct ancestors of humans. It has long been ... «Daily Mail, Jan 15»

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