Definition of Pithecanthropus

1. Noun. Former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus.

Exact synonyms: Genus Pithecanthropus, Pithecanthropus Erectus
Generic synonyms: Hominid

Definition of Pithecanthropus

1. n. A hypothetical genus of primates intermediate between man and the anthropoid apes.

Definition of Pithecanthropus

1. [n -PI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pithecanthropus

Pistoia
Pisum
Pisum arvense
Pisum sativum
Pisum sativum arvense
Pisum sativum macrocarpon
Pita Pita
Pitcairn
Pitcairn Island
Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairner
Pitcairners
Pitcairnese
Pite Sami
Pitha-Pitha
Pithecanthropus (current term)
Pithecanthropus erectus
Pithecellobium
Pithecellobium dulce
Pithecellodium unguis-cati
Pithecia
Pithecolobium
Pitjantjara
Pitjantjatjara
Pitkern
Pitocin
Pitot-static tube
Pitot tube
Pitres' area

Literary usage of Pithecanthropus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1902)
"Note on the Dispersive Power of Running Water on Skeletons: with particular reference to the Skeletal Remains of Pithecanthropus erectus. ..."

2. The New Stone Age in Northern Europe by John Mason Tyler (1921)
"1 Where man's distant cousins, the anthropoid apes, and his still nearer relation, Pithecanthropus, were all living and some, at least, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"Pithecanthropus ERECTUS. EDITOR OF SCIENCE—Sir : In my letter of February 14th occur two expressions which need amendment. For the phrase ' divergent roots ..."

4. The Kingdom of Man by Edwin Ray Lankester (1907)
"2) than in the Javanese Pithecanthropus (Fig. i). The prefrontal area is marked out by a black dotted line, the outline of a plane (the prefrontal plane) ..."

5. The Kingdom of Man by Edwin Ray Lankester (1907)
"2) than in the Javanese Pithecanthropus (Fig. i). The prefrontal area is marked out by a black dotted line, the outline of a plane (the prefrontal plane) ..."

6. Prehistoric Man by Wynfrid Laurence Henry Duckworth (1912)
"The specimens thus distinguished are known as the remains of Pithecanthropus erectus, on the one hand, and on the other a jaw-bone which is attributed to a ..."

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