Africanthropus
noun
Af·ri·can·thro·pus
ˌa-frə-ˈkan(t)-thrə-pəs,
-ˌkan-ˈthrō-pəs
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
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Africa + -anthropus (as in Pithecanthropus)
First Known Use
1938, in the meaning defined above