Griphopith
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Griphopith is a noun meaning (paleontology) Any of a group of morphologically similar early hominids of the genera Griphopithecus and Kenyapithecus.
Meaning
(paleontology) Any of a group of morphologically similar early hominids of the genera Griphopithecus and Kenyapithecus.
Example Sentences
Griphopiths from all locations have shared derived characters that make them unique and very different from the Early Miocene apes.
Griphopiths are the earliest hominids, and their appearance in Europe at least a million years earlier than in Africa suggests that our family most likely arose in Europe—and not, as has been long assumed, in Africa.
Word Forms
- griphopiths
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include australopith, australopithecine, pithecanthropine, pithecanthropoid, hominin, protohominid.
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