Pithecanthropus
[pith-i-kan-thruh-puh s, -kuh n-throh-puh s] /ˌpɪθ ɪˈkæn θrə pəs, -kənˈθroʊ pəs/
noun
1.
a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
/ˌpɪθɪkænˈθrəʊpəs; -ˈkænθrə-/
noun (pl) -pi (-ˌpaɪ)
1.
any primitive apelike man of the former genus Pithecanthropus, now included in the genus Homo See Java man, Peking man
n.
genus of extinct primates, 1895, from Modern Latin, literally “monkey-man,” from Greek pithekos “ape” + anthropos “man” (see anthropo-). Coined 1868 by Haeckel as a name for a hypothetical link between apes and men (attested in English in this sense from 1876); applied by Dr. Eugène Dubois (1858-1940), physician of the Dutch army in Java, to remains he found there in 1891.
pithecanthropus
(pĭth’ĭ-kān’thrə-pəs, -kān-thrō’pəs)
An extinct hominid postulated from bones found in Java in 1891 and originally designated Pithecanthropus erectus because it was thought to represent a species evolutionarily between apes and humans. Pithecanthropus is now classified as Homo erectus. Also called Java man. See more at Homo erectus.
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