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Definition of Java man
1. Noun. Fossil remains found in Java; formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus.
Definition of Java man
1. Noun. A purported species of primate, a supposed ancient descendant of human beings, given the scientific name ''Pithecanthropus erectus''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Java Man
Literary usage of Java man
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Main Currents of Zoölogy by William Albert Locy (1918)
"In tracing backwards from recent man, it is not to be assumed that the ancestral
line breaks off abruptly. Even the Java man had antecedents, ..."
2. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE Java man (Coloured Illustration) . . 168 PROFILE VIEW OF
THE HEAD OF PITHECANTHROPUS, THE JAVA APE-MAN —AN EARLY OFFSHOOT FROM THE ..."
3. Everyday Life in the Old Stone Age by Marjorie Quennell, Charles Henry Bourne Quennell (1922)
"... though unfortunately no earlier human remains than the Piltdown man have been
found in this country, and the Java man forgot to have his implements at ..."
4. Prehistoric Problems, Being a Selection of Essays on the Evolution of Man by Robert Munro (1897)
"Now, if the geological horizon of the Java man is correctly ascertained to be
the border-laud between the Pliocene and Quaternary periods, we can form some ..."
5. Archæology and False Antiquities by Robert Munro (1905)
"Now, if the geological horizon of the Java man is correctly ascertained to be
the borderland between the Pliocene and Quaternary periods, we can form some ..."
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