Pithecanthropus

Pith·e·can·thro·pus

P0335700 (pĭth′ĭ-kăn′thrə-pəs, -kăn-thrō′pəs)n. An extinct hominin known from fossil remains discovered in Java in 1891 and originally designated Pithecanthropus erectus because it was thought to represent a species evolutionarily intermediate between humans and nonhuman apes. Pithecanthropus is now classified as Homo erectus. It is sometimes referred to as Java man.

[New Latin Pithēcanthrōpus, former genus name : Greek pithēkos, ape + Greek anthrōpos, human being.]

pith′e·can·throp′ic (-kən-thrŏp′ĭk) adj.pith′e·can′thro·pine (-kăn′thrə-pīn′) adj.

pithecanthropus

(ˌpɪθɪkænˈθrəʊpəs; -ˈkænθrə-) n, pl -pi (-ˌpaɪ) (Anthropology & Ethnology) any primitive apelike man of the former genus Pithecanthropus, now included in the genus Homo. See Java man, Peking man[C19: New Latin, from Greek pithēkos ape + anthrōpos man] ˌpitheˈcanthroˌpine, ˌpitheˈcanthroˌpoid adj

Pith•e•can•thro•pus

(ˌpɪθ ɪˈkæn θrə pəs, -kənˈθroʊ pəs)

n. a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus. [< New Latin (1891) < Greek píthēk(os) ape + ánthrōpos man]

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A type of primitive human being.

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Noun

Pithecanthropus - former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectusgenus Pithecanthropus, Pithecanthropus erectushominid - a primate of the family Hominidae

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питекантроп

Pithecanthropus

an individual of a group (Pithecanthropus) of ancient humans—the Archanthropines. Pithecanthropoid bones have been found on Java. The first remains—a skull cap, a femur, and teeth—were discovered in 1890–92 by the Dutch anthropologist E. Dubois. By 1973, skull fragments, lower jaws, femur fragments, and teeth from more than 20 individuals had been found. Of particular interest is a skull with an intact facial skeleton, which was discovered in 1969.

The pithecanthropi had a fully erect gait and a large (averaging 900 cc), complex brain. The low skull was sharply angulate in back. There was a prominent brow ridge and a jawbone with a receding chin. The Pithecanthropus, along with the Sinanthropus, the Atlanthropus, the Heidelberg man, and the Oldoway man, has been assigned to the species Homo erectus. The age of the Pithecanthropus had been estimated at 500,000 to 700,000 years until 1972, when new data placed it as far back as 1.2 million years.

REFERENCE

Uryson, M. I. “Pitekantropy, sinantropy i blizkie im formy gominid.” In the collection Iskopaemye gominidy i proiskhozhdenie cheloveka. Moscow, 1966.

V. P. IAKIMOV

Pithecanthropus

(pĭth′ĭ-kăn′thrə-pəs, -kăn-thrō′pəs)n. An extinct hominin known from fossil remains discovered in Java in 1891 and originally designated Pithecanthropus erectus because it was thought to represent a species evolutionarily intermediate between humans and nonhuman apes. Pithecanthropus is now classified as Homo erectus. It is sometimes referred to as Java man.

pith′e·can·throp′ic (-kən-thrŏp′ĭk) adj.pith′e·can′thro·pine (-kăn′thrə-pīn′) adj.

Pithecanthropus

an early type of genus of man from the PLIOCENE EPOCH. It possessed a larger cranial capacity than apes and probably walked erect. see HEIDELBERG MAN.

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Synonyms for Pithecanthropus

noun former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus

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