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Dryopithecus
(Encyclopedia) DryopithecusDryopithecusdrīˌōpəthēˈkəs, –pĭthˈəkəs [key], an extinct group of apes. Fossils about 20 million years old have been found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Dryopithecus had a…Dinotherium
(Encyclopedia) DinotheriumDinotheriumdīnəthērˈēəm [key] [Gr.,=terrible beast], extinct mammal related to the elephant, fossil remains of which have been found in Miocene and Pliocene formations of…Diop, Birago
(Encyclopedia) Diop, BiragoDiop, Biragobērägōˈ dyōp [key] (Birago Ishmael Diop), 1906–89, Senegalese author who wrote in French. He was best known for his collections of aphoristic stories based on…Kasserine Pass
(Encyclopedia) Kasserine PassKasserine Passkăsˈərīnˌ [key], gap, 2 mi (3.2 km) wide, central Tunisia, in the Grand Dorsal chain (an extension of the Atlas Mts.). A key point in the Allied offensive…European Investment Bank
(Encyclopedia) European Investment Bank, nonprofit bank created in 1958 by the six founding countries of the European Economic Community (now part of the European Union [EU]). The bank makes or…Fortes, Meyer
(Encyclopedia) Fortes, Meyer, 1906–83, British anthropologist, b. Britstown, South Africa, grad. Univ. of Cape Town (M.A., 1926) and the Univ. of London (Ph.D., 1930). From 1946 to 1950 he was a…Nilotes
(Encyclopedia) NilotesNilotesnīlōˈtēz [key], people of E Africa who speak Nilotic languages. Among these are the Nuer and the Masai. The most prominent Nilotic ethnic groups live in South Sudan, N…Zama
(Encyclopedia) ZamaZamazāˈmə [key], ancient town near the northern coast of Africa, in present Tunisia. Although there was more than one town named Zama, tradition says that in 202 b.c. Scipio…Victorinus
(Encyclopedia) Victorinus (Caius Marius Victorinus Afer)Victorinusvĭktərīˈnəs [key], fl. 361, Roman grammarian, b. Africa. He became renowned as a teacher of rhetoric in Rome and as an advocate of…Cameroon, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Cameroon, MountCameroon, Mountkămˈər&oomacr;n [key], active volcano, 13,354 ft (4,070 m) high, in the Cameroon Highlands, W Cameroon; highest point in W Africa. The mountain and…Trending
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