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化石類人猿 (かせきるいじんえん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

化か石せき類るい人じん猿えん

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Meanings

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noun

anthropoid fossil; fossil anthropoid

Technical term in paleoanthropology for a fossil of an anthropoid (ape-like) primate.

この地ち域いきで新あらたな化か石せき類るい人じん猿えんが発はっ見けんされた。
A new anthropoid fossil was discovered in this region.

Kanji

change, take the form of, influence

石stone

類sort, kind, variety

人person

猿monkey

Similar words

類るい人じん猿えん
類人猿 means 'anthropoid' or 'ape' in general, while 化石類人猿 specifically refers to a fossilized specimen.
化か石せき人じん類るい
化石人類 means 'fossil human' (hominin fossil), whereas 化石類人猿 refers to non-human anthropoid fossils.

Etymology

Compound of 化石 (fossil) + 類人猿 (anthropoid). The exact derivation is straightforward; the term is a modern scientific coinage.