zinjanthropus

1. An extinct primate postulated from bones found in Tanzania in 1959 and originally designated Zinjanthropus boisei by Louis S.B. Leakey. It was later shown to be an australopithecine and renamed Australopithecus boisei.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
rhizopus	22	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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