SINCE 1828
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
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