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Pithecanthropus   Listen
Pithecanthropus

noun
(pl. Pithecanthropi)
1.
Former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus.  Synonyms: genus Pithecanthropus, Pithecanthropus erectus.





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... "Java find" is known in science by the name of Pithecanthropus, which means the ape-man. Whether we look upon this fossil as a serious find or not, it is very certain that in the caves of Europe belonging to the Quaternary period we find abundant evidences of primitive man. The older these evidences are, ...
— The Meaning of Evolution • Samuel Christian Schmucker


Words linked to "Pithecanthropus" :   hominid


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