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Pithecanthrope--Haeckel.
2. A genus consisting of an primate (P. erectus) apparently
intermediate between man and the existing anthropoid apes,
known from bones of a single individual found in Java
(hence called Java man) in 1891-92. These bones include
a thigh bone of the human type, two molar teeth
intermediate between those of man and the anthropoids, and
the calvaria of the skull, indicating a brain capacity of
about 900 cubic centimeters, and resembling in form that
of the Neanderthal man. Also [pl. -thropi], an animal of
this genus. -- Pith`e*can"thrope, n. --
Pith`e*can"thro*poid, a. Pithecanthropoid--Haeckel.
2. A genus consisting of an primate (P. erectus) apparently
intermediate between man and the existing anthropoid apes,
known from bones of a single individual found in Java
(hence called Java man) in 1891-92. These bones include
a thigh bone of the human type, two molar teeth
intermediate between those of man and the anthropoids, and
the calvaria of the skull, indicating a brain capacity of
about 900 cubic centimeters, and resembling in form that
of the Neanderthal man. Also [pl. -thropi], an animal of
this genus. -- Pith`e*can"thrope, n. --
Pith`e*can"thro*poid, a. Pithecanthropus
Pithecanthropus Pith`e*can*thro"pus, n. [NL.; Gr. ? ape + ?
man.]
1. A hypothetical genus of primates intermediate between man
and the anthropoid apes.
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