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Peking man
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Peking man
n.
An early member of an extinct species of humans, considered a subspecies of Homo erectus and known from fossil remains of the Pleistocene Epoch found in China. Also called sinanthropus.
[After Peking (Beijing), China.]
Peking man
n
(Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) an early type of man, Homo erectus, remains of which, of the Lower Palaeolithic age, were found in a cave near Peking (now Beijing), China, in 1927
Peking man  (pkng)
See sinanthropus.
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Noun1.Peking man - fossils found near Beijing, China; they were lost during World War II
Homo erectus - extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain; "Homo erectus was formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus"
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