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Meganthropus|mɛˈgænθrəʊpəs|
[mod.L. (G. von Koenigswald, 1942), f. Gr. µεγα- great + ἄνθρωπος man.]
A large fossil hominid of the genus so called, esp. Meganthropus palæojavanicus, fragments of whose remains were first discovered by G. von Koenigswald in Java in 1941. Also attrib.
1942G. von Koenigswald Let. 15 Jan. in Anthropol. Papers Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. (1945) XL. 16/1 Meganthropus is a newly discovered fossil hominid perhaps related to Australopithecus. 1944Science 16 June 480/2 The Meganthropus jaw is much too large and massive. 1959J. D. Clark Prehist. S. Afr. iii. 73 It has been suggested that the Meganthropus form living in Java at this time is another early hominid of the Australopithecine group. 1967M. H. Day Guide to Fossil Man (ed. 2) 238 (caption) The Meganthropus II mandibular fragment. |