Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. An extinct primate 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.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A hypothetical genus proposed by Haeckel to fill the gap between the anthropoid apes and man.
- n. An extinct hominiform animal approaching the human type more closely than any of the anthropoid apes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus
Etymologies
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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.
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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
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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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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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On p. 116, is a "Diagram of the Relationship of Human Races," showing that neither the pithecanthropus, the Heidelberg man, the Piltdown man, nor the
The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments
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In his "Men of the Old Stone Age," Dr. Osborn puts the pithecanthropus, the Heidelberg man, the Piltdown man, and the
The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments
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According to Prof.R. S. Lull and other evolutionists, "The skull of the pithecanthropus is characterized by a limited capacity of about two-thirds that of a man."
The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments
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