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