Category:Pithecanthropus

Pith`e*can*thro"pus, n. [nl.; Gr. ape +  man.]

1. A hypothetical genus of primates intermediate between man and the Anthropoid apes. Haeckel.

2. A genus consisting of an primate (p. erectus) apparently Intermediate between man and the existing anthropoid apes, known from Bones of a single individual found in java (hence called java man) in 1891-92. These bones include a thigh bone of the human type, two Molar teeth intermediate between those of man and the anthropoids, And the calvaria of the skull, indicating a brain capacity of about 900 cubic centimeters, and resembling in form that of the neanderthal Man. Also [pl. -thropi],

Defn: an animal of this genus. --pith`e*can"thrope (#), n. -- Pith`e*can"thro*poid (#), a.