BOSKOP MAN


Meaning of BOSKOP MAN in English

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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