Sterkfontein ape-man
noun
Sterk·fon·tein ape-man
ˈsterkfənˌtān-
: an extinct southern African anthropoid (Australopithecus transvaalensis or Plesianthropus transvaalensis) known from numerous parts of skulls, teeth, and other skeletal fragments recovered from cave bone breccia
Word History
Etymology
from Sterkfontein, farm near Johannesburg, South Africa, where the specimens were found