Africanthropus

[ af-ri-kan-thruh-puhs, -kan-throh-puhs ]

/ ˌæf rɪˈkæn θrə pəs, -kænˈθroʊ pəs /

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(no longer in technical use) a genus of hominins of eastern Africa, assumed from a number of now lost skull fragments to have been a form of archaic Homo.

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Origin of Africanthropus

First recorded in 1935–40; from New Latin, equivalent to Āfric(a) “Africa” + Greek ánthrōpos “human being”

Words nearby Africanthropus

African Plate, African potato, African pygmy elephant, African sleeping sickness, African swine fever, Africanthropus, African time, African trypanosomiasis, African tulip tree, African Union, African violet