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Java man

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Java man
n.
Pithecanthropus.

Java man
n
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) a type of primitive man, Homo erectus (formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus), that lived in the middle Palaeolithic Age in Java Also called Trinil man

Java man  (jäv)
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Noun1.Java man - fossil remains found in JavaJava man - fossil remains found in Java; formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus
Homo erectus - extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain; "Homo erectus was formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus"


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