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  • Zinjanthropus, for example, combines the Arabic zinj (East Africa) and a Latinized form of Creek anthropos (man), while musaceous is constructed from the Arabic mawzah 'banana,' the Latin scientific particle - aceae, and the English adjectival suffixous.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4 1981

  • © 2001 by the Archaeological Institute of America www. archaeology.org/0111/reviews/zinj. html

    The Web: From Apes to Zinj 2001

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