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Pithecanthropus Definition


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Pithecanthropus
noun
    1. A fossil hominid discovered in Java in 1891‐2, a former genus of primitive man, now included in the genus Homo.
Etymology: 19c: from Greek pithekos ape + anthropos man.



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