Java man

Java man

n.

Pithecanthropus.

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Java man

n

(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

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Ja′va man`

n.

the fossil remains of a form of Homo erectus found in Java.

[1930–35]

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Java man

A type of primitive human being that lived in the Stone Age in Java.

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Java man - fossil remains found in Java; formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus Trinil man Homo erectus - extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain; "Homo erectus was formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus"

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