pithecanthropus

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  1. noun An extinct primate 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.

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  1. New Latin Pithēcanthrōpus, genus name : Greek pithēkos, ape + Greek anthrōpos, man.
 

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