Pithecanthropus (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a former genus of extinct hominins whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
noun plural -pi (-ˌpaɪ)
  1. any primitive apelike man of the former genus Pithecanthropus, now included in the genus Homo
    Pithecanthropus (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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