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Africanthropus

noun
Af·​ri·​can·​thro·​pus | \ ˌa-frə-ˈkan(t)-thrə-pəs, -ˌkan-ˈthrō-pəs\

Definition of Africanthropus

in former classifications
: a genus of extinct Pleistocene hominids known from several skull fragments found near Lake Eyasi in Tanzania and now typically regarded as an early type of Homo sapiens

First Known Use of Africanthropus

1938, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Africanthropus

New Latin, from Africa + -anthropus (as in Pithecanthropus)

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