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Wiktionary

  1. n. anthropology, paleontology, archaeology, obsolete A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Homininae — a group of extinct bipedal hominids.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned

Etymologies

  1. New Latin Sino-, "China", and Ancient Greek anthro-, "man" (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “I have always enjoyed pointing out that a Catholic priest (Lemaitre) conceived of the Big Bang, and a Jesuit (Teilhard de Chardin) discovered Homo erectus (then called Sinanthropus, Peking man).”

    "Eppur, si muove..."

  • “I've also recently posted regarding the supraordinal clade euarchontaglires and the Asian origin of primates at Sinanthropus”

    We flightless primates

  • “Where did Sinanthropus pekinensis fit in the human family tree?”

    Simon & Schuster: Ancestral Passions

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  1. snadge

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