Telanthropus*: Meaning and Definition of

Tel•an•thro•pus

Pronunciation: (tu-lan'thru-pus, tel"an-thrō'pus), [key]
— n.
  1. a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
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