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Telanthropus|tɛˈlænθrəpəs|
[mod.L., f. Gr. τέλ-ος end, consummation + ἄνθρωπος man.]
A type of hominid, Telanthropus capensis, represented by the fragmentary fossil remains found at Swartkrans near Johannesburg, S. Africa, in 1949.
More recent investigation has led some scholars to believe that Telanthropus properly belongs to the species Homo erectus.
[1949Broom & Robinson in Nature 20 Aug. 323/2 In the cave at Swartkrans..there was found by Mr. J. T. Robinson, on April 29, 1949, the lower jaw of what is fairly manifestly a new type of man... The new type of man represented by this fossil jaw we propose to call Telanthropus capensis. We regard him as somewhat allied to Heidelberg man, and intermediate between one of the ape-men and true man.] 1955Ann. Reg. 1954 466 The artefacts were probably made by Telanthropus who was either a very advanced Australopithecine or a very primitive true man. 1959J. D. Clark Prehist. S. Afr. iii. 63 In addition some rather fragmentary remains, considered to be essentially more human-like though still preserving Australopithecine features, have been described by Robinson under the generic name of Telanthropus. 1960W. Howells Mankind in Making xii. 178 Telanthropus' teeth are smaller. 1977A. Hallam Planet Earth 286 In addition to these is a jaw which represents another line, closer to modern Man. It has been named Telanthropus. |