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proconsul

proh kon suhl

  • n  an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
  • n  a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire
  • n  an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul

  • Turning to his Baghdad proconsul, Paul Bremer, Bush asked, "Are you in charge of finding WMD?" Bremer said no, he was not.
  • The soldier became the proconsul.
  • This is another Bremer, the proconsul come to hear a supplicant's petition.
News & Articles

  • Forested Environments Were Important In The Evolution Of Early Apes
    April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Definitive evidence of the environment where the early ape Proconsul lived on Rusinga Island, Kenya, has been discovered by an international team of scientists led by Baylor University. This discovery will provide new data to help researchers understand and interpret the connection between habitat preferences and the early diversification of ...
    Feb. 20, 2014 - redOrbit
  • Habitat of early apes: Evidence of the environment inhabited by Proconsul
    An international team of anthropologists has discovered definitive evidence of the environment inhabited by the early ape Proconsul on Rusinga Island, Kenya. The findings provide new insights into understanding and interpreting the connection between habitat preferences and the early diversification of the ape-human lineage.
    Feb. 19, 2014 - Science Daily
  • Discovery by Baylor University researchers sheds new light on the habitat of early apes
    ( Baylor University ) Baylor University researchers discover definitive evidence of the environment inhabited by the early ape Proconsul on Rusinga Island, Kenya.
    Feb. 19, 2014 - EurekAlert!

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