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”; 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

Sinanthropus was first described to the world by Dr. Davidson Black on the basis of a single tooth.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ape, of the family Australopithecus transvaalensis, lived in the Pleistocene days, when Pithecanthropus and Sinanthropus were already beating down lesser men.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is not certain that Sinanthropus is older than Pithecanthropus, although the workers in China think so.

From Time Magazine Archive