Pithecanthropus

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌpɪθɪkænˈθrəʊpəs/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pith′i kan′thrə pəs, -kən thrō′pəs)



WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Pith•e•can•thro•pus  (pith′i kan′thrə pəs, -kən thrō′pəs),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Physical Anthropologya former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
  • Greek píthēk(os) ape + ánthrōpos man
  • Neo-Latin (1891)

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pithecanthropus /ˌpɪθɪkænˈθrəʊpəs; -ˈkænθrə-/ n ( pl -pi /-ˌpaɪ/)
  1. any primitive apelike human of the former genus Pithecanthropus, now included in the genus Homo
    See Java man, Peking man
Etymology: 19th Century: New Latin, from Greek pithēkos ape + anthrōpos human being
'Pithecanthropus' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Java man - Homo erectus - pithecanthrope - pithecanthropoid

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