Eoanthropus

American  

[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.

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Etymology

Origin of Eoanthropus

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

Example Sentences

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 Lyell, Charles, Sir

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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

But it may be well perhaps to state quite clearly here that no scientific man supposes either of these creatures, the Heidelberg Man or Eoanthropus, to be direct ancestors of the men of to-day.

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