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