a type of early human (Homo erectus pekinensis) of the Middle Pleistocene, known from fossil remains found near Beijing (Peking), China
Peking man
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Peking man
noun
An extinct hominin known from fossil remains of the Pleistocene Epoch found in China, originally called Sinanthropus but now classified as Homo erectus.
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After Peking (Beijing), ChinaTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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See sinanthropus
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