Sterkfontein ape-man

noun

Sterk·​fon·​tein ape-man

ˈsterkfənˌtān-

: an extinct southern African anthropoid (Australopithecus transvaalensis or Plesianthropus transvaalensis) known from numerous parts of skulls, teeth, and other skeletal fragments recovered from cave bone breccia

Word History

Etymology

from Sterkfontein, farm near Johannesburg, South Africa, where the specimens were found

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