| 释义 |
swart·kranz ape-man
noun
or swart·krans man \ˈsfärtˌkränz, ˈsvä-\
Usage: usually capitalized S
Etymology: from Swartkranz or Swartkrans, region near Johannesburg, So. Africa, where the remains were found
: a large extinct southern African australopithecine (Homo erectus capensis) known from skulls, teeth, and other fossil skeletal remains and having a flat face and brow with weak supraorbital crest, a well-developed sagittal crest, a distinctly manlike jaw and teeth, and a brain capacity surpassing that of any recent ape and possibly that of Java man — compare kromdraai ape-man |