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Swartkrans ape-man definition

Swart·krans· ape-man (svärt′kränz′)

an early hominid (Australopithecus robustus crassidens) known from fossil remains and thought to be from the Middle Pleistocene

Etymology: after Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa, where the remains were found

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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