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pithecanthropine definition

pith·ecan·thro·pine (pit̸h′i kan′t̸hrə pīn′, -pin)

adjective

of, belonging to, or resembling a former genus (Pithecanthropus, now classified as Homo erectus) of extinct early humans, who lived in Java, China, Europe, and Africa
also pithecanthropoid pith′·ecan′·thro·poid′ (-po̵id′)

Etymology: see Pithecanthropus erectus & -ine

noun

a pithecanthropine human

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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