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Eoanthropus

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[ee-oh-an-thruh-puhs, -uhn-throh-puhs] / ˌi oʊˈæn θrə pəs, -ənˈθroʊ pəs /

noun

  1. the genus to which the now-discredited Piltdown man was assigned.


Etymology

Origin of Eoanthropus

< New Latin (1913) < Greek ēo- eo- + ánthrōpos man


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The U.K. human evolution research community enthusiastically embraced Eoanthropus dawsoni, better known as Piltdown Man.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 9, 2016

It was given the scientific name Eoanthropus dawsoni, which roughly translated as Dawson’s Dawn Ape.

From National Geographic

At the present time scarcely sufficient data are available to determine the relationship of Pithecanthropus and Eoanthropus to the later types of man.

From The Antiquity of Man by Sir Charles Lyell

Scientific men have named him Eoanthropus, the Dawn Man.

From A Short History of the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Mammoth, 43, 49 Man, brotherhood of, 216, 224, 380 Man, 43; Heidelberg, 45; Eoanthropus, 47; Neanderthal, 47, 48 et seq.; earliest known, 53 et seq.

From A Short History of the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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