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2 words match “PITHECANTHROPUS”

PITHECANTHROPUS n. 3 definitions

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

NEANDERTHAL; NEANDERTHAL RACE; NEANDERTHAL MAN a.

ity is estimated at about 1,220 cubic centimeters, being about midway between that of the Pithecanthropus and modern man. Hence, designating the Neanderthal race, or man, a species supposed to have been widespread in paleolithic Europe.