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Definition of Sivapithecus
1. Noun. Fossil primates found in India.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sivapithecus
Literary usage of Sivapithecus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
""One of the most noteworthy human characteristics of sivapithecus is the remarkable
agreement in the breadth indices of all the lower cheek teeth as given ..."
2. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1922)
"In the Siwalik Hills of northern India remains of some very interesting apes have
been found, of sivapithecus and ..."
3. Men of the Old Stone Age: Their Environment, Life and Art by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1915)
"... also an anthropoid which he has named sivapithecus and regards as actually
related to the direct ancestors of man, a conclusion which may or may not ..."
4. Evolution in the Past by Henry Robert Knipe (1912)
"... and forms closely allied to gorillas were now in view (sivapithecus).
Well-developed orangs were also abroad, and of more cheerful countenance, ..."
5. Report of the Secretary and the Financial Report of the Executive Committee by Smithsonian Institution (1915)
"Besides an excellent series of brains of gorillas and chimpanzees from the
Cameroons and casts of the sivapithecus remains from India, aboriginal skulls and ..."
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