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• Sinanthropus
  Sinanthropus

  noun

  the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
• sinanthropus
  sinanthropus

  noun

  a primitive apelike man of the genus Sinanthropus, now considered a subspecies of Homo erectus See also Java man Peking man

Sinanthropus

American  

[sahy-nan-thruh-puhs, si-, sahy-nan-throh-puhs, sin-an-] / saɪˈnæn θrə pəs, sɪ-, ˌsaɪ nænˈθroʊ pəs, ˌsɪn æn- /

noun

1. the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.

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sinanthropus British  

/ sɪnˈænθrəpəs /

noun

1. a primitive apelike man of the genus Sinanthropus, now considered a subspecies of Homo erectus See also Java man Peking man

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sinanthropus Scientific  

/ sī-năn′thrə-pəs,sĭ-,sī′năn-thrō′pəs,sĭn′ăn- /

1. An extinct hominid postulated from bones found in China in the late 1920s and originally designated Sinanthropus pekinensis in the belief that it represented a species evolutionarily preceding humans. Sinanthropus is now classified as Homo erectus.

2. Also called Peking man

3. See more at Homo erectus

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Etymology

Origin of Sinanthropus

From New Latin (1927), equivalent to Sin- “Chinese” + Greek ánthrōpos “man”; see origin at Sino-

Example Sentences

The species were originally described as Sinanthropus pekinensis.

From National Geographic

The late Dr. Davidson Black, who was in charge of the Choukoutien site when the Sinanthropus find was made, noticed how much the skull resembled that of the Java Man.

From Time Magazine Archive

He made his reputation in 1929 when he discovered the skull of Sinanthropus, the Peking man, who lived half a million years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

The two scientists found some differences in the Sinanthropus and Pithecanthropus skull shapes, but also some exact resemblances, even in minor structural details.

From Time Magazine Archive

The two most ancient fossil humans known are Sinanthropus pekinensis, the old man of China, and Pithecanthropus erectus, the ape man of Java.

From Time Magazine Archive