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Ramapithecus

[ rah-muh-pith-i-kuhs, -puh-thee-kuhs ]

noun

  1. a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.

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Origin of Ramapithecus1

< New Latin (1934), equivalent to Sanskrit Rāma Rama + Greek píthēkos ape

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