Boskop man

Boskop man
noun
possible early Homo sapiens represented by a cranium found in the Transvaal; formerly considered a separate species
Hypernyms: ↑Homo sapiens
Member Holonyms: ↑genus Homo

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noun or boskop race \\ˈbäˌskäp-\
Usage: usually capitalized B
Etymology: from Boskop, locality in the Transvaal, Union of So. Africa, where remains were found
: a late Pleistocene southern African man of moderate stature with a dolichocephalic skull, vertical forehead, orthognathous face, and large brain, this form being originally described as a separate species (Homo capensis) but now commonly regarded as an early strain of Homo sapiens, prob. ancestral to modern Bushmen and Hottentots

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/bos"kop/
the undated cranial remains of a possible Homo sapiens found in the Transvaal of South Africa.
[after a locale in the Transvaal, where the remains were found in 1913]

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