pithecanthropus

  • 21Pithecanthropus — /pith i kan threuh peuhs, keuhn throh peuhs/, n. a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus. [ < NL (1891) < Gk píthek(os) ape + ánthropos man] * * *       former genus name&#8230; …

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  • 22Pithecanthropus — Pithecạnthropus   [zu griechisch píthekos »Affe« und ánthrōpos »Mensch«] der, /...pi, Anthropologie: Homo erectus.   * * * Pi|the|cạn|thro|pus (Fachspr.): ↑Pithekanthropus …

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  • 23Pithecanthropus — pith·e·can·thro·pus || ‚pɪθɪkæn θrəʊpÉ™s n. prehistoric man, early man from the species Homo erectus …

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  • 24pithecanthropus — pith·e·can·thro·pus …

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  • 25Pithecanthropus* — Pith•e•can•thro•pus [[t]ˌpɪθ ɪˈkæn θrə pəs, kənˈθroʊ pəs[/t]] n. pan a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus[/ex] • Etymology: &LT; NL (1891) &LT; Gk píthēk(os) ape +ánthrōpos&#8230; …

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  • 26Pithecanthropus — /pɪθiˈkænθrəpəs/ (say pithee kanthruhpuhs) noun (plural Pithecanthropi /pɪθiˈkænθrəpaɪ/ (say pithee kanthruhpuy)) an extinct genus of apelike human, now classified under the genus Homo, as Homo erectus; first known fossils of this species, Java&#8230; …

  • 27genus Pithecanthropus — noun former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus • Syn: ↑Pithecanthropus, ↑Pithecanthropus erectus • Hypernyms: ↑hominid …

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  • 28Java Man — Pithecanthropus erectus redirects here. For the song and album by that title, see Pithecanthropus Erectus (album). Illustration of Java Man skull Java Man (Homo erectus erectus) is the name given to fossils discovered in 1891 at Trinil Ngawi&#8230; …

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  • 29Питекантропы — (Pithecanthropus) род, выделяемый иногда для обозначения архантропов. Описан в 1894 г. (находка питекантропа Э. Дюбуа). Вероятно, включает несколько видов, в том числе наиболее признанные: Человек работающий (Pithecanthropus ergaster или Homo&#8230; …

    Физическая Антропология. Иллюстрированный толковый словарь.

  • 30Homo erectus — Pithecanthropus Pith e*can*thro pus (p[i^]th [ e]*k[a^]n*thr[=o] p[u^]s), prop. n. [NL.; Gr. pi qhkos ape + a nqrwpos man.] 1. A hypothetical genus of primates intermediate between man and the anthropoid apes. Haeckel. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. A&#8230; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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