pith·e·can·thro·pus (p th -k n thr -ps, -kn-thr ps)n. An extinct primate postulated from bones found in Java in 1891 and originally designated Pithecanthropus erectus because it was thought to represent a species evolutionarily between apes and humans. Pithecanthropus is now classified as Homo erectus. [New Latin Pith  canthrpus, genus name : Greek pithkos, ape + Greek anthrpos, man.]pith e·can·thropic (-kn-thr pk) adj.pith e·canthro·pine (-knthr-p n) adj. |
pithecanthropus [ˌpɪθɪkænˈθrəʊpəs -ˈkænθrə-]
n pl -pi [-ˌpaɪ]
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) any primitive apelike man of the former genus Pithecanthropus, now included in the genus Homo See Java man, Peking man
[New Latin, from Greek pithēkos ape + anthrōpos man]
pithecanthropine , pithecanthropoid adj
| pithecanthropus (pth-knthr-ps, -kn-thrps) An extinct hominid postulated from bones found in Java in 1891 and originally designated Pithecanthropus erectus because it was thought to represent a species evolutionarily between apes and humans. Pithecanthropus is now classified as Homo erectus. Also called Java man. See more at Homo erectus. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Pithecanthropus - former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectushominid - a primate of the family Hominidae |
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