Zinj

Proper noun

Meaning

Alternative form of Zanj

(informal, paleoanthropology, dated) The original specimen of Paranthropus boisei, then known as Zinjanthropus.

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Examples

Louis had considered Broom's Paranthropus genus, but rejected it because he believed Zinj was in the Homo ancestral stock but Paranthropus was not. Source: Internet

The Zinj question ultimately became part of the Australopithecus/Paranthropus question (which only applied to the robust Australopithecines). Source: Internet

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