Teranthropus (English spelling)

Japanese: テラントロプス(英語表記)Telanthropus
Teranthropus (English spelling)
A fossil human discovered in 1949 near Johannesburg, South Africa, by John Talbot Robinson and others. Its scientific name is T. capensis . Its mandible has no chin, and the ramus on which the chewing muscles are attached is broad but not tall. Its teeth are larger than those of modern humans, but not as large as those of Paranthropus. Overall, it is sturdy and similar to the mandible of Man de Heidelbergensis, and it has been said to represent an intermediate stage between Australopithecines (ape-men) and early humans (Homo erectus), but today it is considered to be a member of the early humans. It is said to have dated to the middle Pleistocene epoch, hundreds of thousands of years ago.

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Japanese:
1949年に南アフリカ共和国のヨハネスブルク近くで,ジョン・タルボット・ロビンソンらによって発見された化石人類。学名をテラントロプス・カペンシス T. capensis という。下顎骨は頤がなく,咀嚼筋のつく下顎枝は幅広いが高くない。歯は現生人類より大きいが,パラントロプスほどではない。全体として頑丈でハイデルベルク人の下顎と似ており,アウストラロピテクス類(猿人)と原人類(ホモ・エレクトゥス類)との中間的段階を示すものといわれてきたが,今日では原人類の一員とされている。時代は数十万年前の更新世中期といわれる。

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