Pithecanthropus
Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus wordnet
Example
More examples"Man's sojourn on Venus lasted somewhat longer than his whole career on the Earth. From the days of Pithecanthropus to the final evacuation of his native planet he passed, as we have seen, through a bewildering diversity of form and circumstance. On Venus, though the human type was somewhat more constant biologically, it was scarcely less variegated in culture."
More for "pithecanthropus"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.