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  • proper noun A genus of extinct primates having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; its fossils were found in Maboko in Kenya.

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  • noun extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; fossils found in Kenya

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  • You might ask about ask if there are other species of Hominids that Luskin forgot to mention that also walked upright: oh, say, Australopithicines (several species), Paranthropines (several species), Kenyapithecus, Ardipithecus, or perhaps several that we're currently unsure as to if they walked upright or not (Orrorin, Sahelanthropus).

    Archive 2007-07-01 Christopher O'Brien 2007

  • You might ask about ask if there are other species of Hominids that Luskin forgot to mention that also walked upright: oh, say, Australopithicines (several species), Paranthropines (several species), Kenyapithecus, Ardipithecus, or perhaps several that we're currently unsure as to if they walked upright or not (Orrorin, Sahelanthropus).

    Luskin Doesn't Ask The Right Questions Christopher O'Brien 2007

  • Consider other hominoid fossils that may or may not show affinities specifically with the orangutan, such as Heliopithecus, Turkanapithecus, Kenyapithecus, and Ouranopithecus.

    Did Johnston Get It Right? Christopher O'Brien 2006

  • Consider other hominoid fossils that may or may not show affinities specifically with the orangutan, such as Heliopithecus, Turkanapithecus, Kenyapithecus, and Ouranopithecus.

    Archive 2006-04-01 Christopher O'Brien 2006

  • As such, it was possible to see in Kenyapithecus not only the direction hominids were heading, but also something of their earlier origins.

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

  • Hoping to find additional specimens of Miocene apes—particularly Kenyapithecus wickeri, the fourteen-million-year-old hominid—Louis had also reopened the excavation at Fort Ternan.

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

  • Shortly after this encounter, Louis began seriously to work on his study of the Rusinga Island fossils, searching for evidence to counter Simons and Pilbeam, and for an ancestor of Kenyapithecus.

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

  • Finding an ancestor of Kenyapithecus wickeri would also help Louis bolster its credibility as a distinct family and species—a status that he was in danger of losing.

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

  • Louis strengthened his case for Kenyapithecus africanus with the discovery of a nearly complete lower jawbone on Rusinga Island in August 1967.

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

  • Thus, according to their interpretation, neither Kenyapithecus nor Proconsul was valid—a view that infuriated Louis, who carried on a long battle in scientific journals with the two men.

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

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