Sterkfontein ape-man

noun
Sterk·​fon·​tein ape-man | \ ˈsterkfənˌtān-\

Definition of Sterkfontein ape-man

: 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

History and Etymology for Sterkfontein ape-man

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

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