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Pithecanthropus
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| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
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| pithecanthropus (ˌpɪθɪkænˈθrəʊpəs, -ˈkænθrə-) | |
| —n , pl -pi | |
| Java man See Peking man any primitive apelike man of the former genus Pithecanthropus, now included in the genus Homo | |
| [C19: New Latin, from Greek pithēkos ape + anthrōpos man] | |
| pithe'canthropine | |
| —adj | |
| pithe'canthropoid | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
pithecanthropus
"genus of extinct primates," 1895, from Mod.L., lit. "monkey-man," from Gk. pithekos "ape" + anthropos "man" (see anthropo-). Coined 1868 by Haeckel as a name for a hypothetical link between apes and men (attested in Eng. in this sense from 1876); applied by Dr. Eugène
EXPANDDubois (1858-1940), physician of the Du. army in Java, to remains he found there in 1891.
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pithecanthropus  (pĭth'ĭ-kān'thrə-pəs, -kān-thrō'pəs) Pronunciation Key
An extinct hominid 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. Also called Java man. See more at Homo erectus. |
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