Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hypothetical genus proposed by Haeckel to fill the gap between the anthropoid apes and man.
- noun An extinct hominiform animal approaching the human type more closely than any of the anthropoid apes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A hypothetical genus of primates intermediate between man and the anthropoid apes.
- proper noun A genus consisting of an extinct primate (
Pithecanthropus erectus ) apparently intermediate between man and the existing anthropoid apes, known from bones first found in Java (hence calledJava man ) in 1891-92, and other bones found later. The species was renamedHomo erectus Homo erectus is currently believed to have evolved in Africa fromHomo habilis , the first member of the genus Homo. Anatomically and physiologically,Homo erectus resembles contemporary humans except for having a stouter bone structure.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus
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Others claim that the pithecanthropus was the end of a special branch of the apes; the Heidelberg man the last of another extinct branch; the Piltdown man and the Neanderthal man, likewise the last of other extinct species.
The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments
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The pithecanthropus was the first to reach it and the ape-man saw him spring upward for a handhold on the lowest peg above him.
Tarzan the Terrible Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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Not of course the original Garden of Eden, though the remains of Java Man, the celebrated pithecanthropus erectus, were discovered in the lowlands on this side of Merapi in 1891.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2010
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Not of course the original Garden of Eden, though the remains of Java Man, the celebrated pithecanthropus erectus, were discovered in the lowlands on this side of Merapi in 1891.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2010
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Not of course the original Garden of Eden, though the remains of Java Man, the celebrated pithecanthropus erectus, were discovered in the lowlands on this side of Merapi in 1891.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2010
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Not of course the original Garden of Eden, though the remains of Java Man, the celebrated pithecanthropus erectus, were discovered in the lowlands on this side of Merapi in 1891.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2010
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Let us assume that the pithecanthropus really lived 750,000 years ago, as claimed, which is 1. 25\% of
The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments
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Prof. Cope, a distinguished anatomist, says, "The femur [of the pithecanthropus] is that of a man, it is in no sense a connecting link."
The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments
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Even H.G. Wells, who seems ready to endorse the most extravagant views, says (Outline of History, p. 69), "We can not say that it (the pithecanthropus) is a direct human ancestor."
The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments
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If the scattered remains of the pithecanthropus were found in the sand only 40 ft. below the surface, and the rate of accumulation were no greater than the slow accretions that buried the mountain city of
The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments
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