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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PITHECANTHROPUS

New Latin, from Greek pithēkos ape + anthrōpos man.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PITHECANTHROPUS

pithecanthropus  [ˌpɪθɪkænˈθrəʊpəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PITHECANTHROPUS

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pithecanthropus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PITHECANTHROPUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pithecanthropus

Java Man

Java Man is the name given to fossils discovered in 1891 at Trinil - Ngawi Regency on the banks of the Solo River in East Java, Indonesia, one of the first known specimens of Homo erectus. Its discoverer, Eugène Dubois, gave it the scientific name Pithecanthropus erectus, a name derived from Greek and Latin roots meaning upright ape-man.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PITHECANTHROPUS


atropous
ˈætrəʊpəs
campus
ˈkæmpəs
Canopus
kəˈnəʊpəs
compass
ˈkʌmpəs
corpus
ˈkɔːpəs
encompass
ɪnˈkʌmpəs
hippocampus
ˌhɪpəʊˈkæmpəs
lupus
ˈluːpəs
mopus
ˈməʊpəs
multipurpose
ˌmʌltɪˈpɜːpəs
octopus
ˈɒktəpəs
off-campus
ˌɒfˈkæmpəs
Olympus
əʊˈlɪmpəs
on-campus
ˈɒnˌkæmpəs
opus
ˈəʊpəs
purpose
ˈpɜːpəs
rhizopus
ˈraɪzəʊpəs
Scopas
ˈskəʊpəs
Scopus
ˈskəʊpəs
tapas
ˈtæpəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PITHECANTHROPUS

piteousness
pitfall
pith
pith helmet
pithball
pithead
pithecanthropi
pithecanthropine
pithecanthropoid
pithecoid
pithful
pithier
pithiest
pithily
pithiness
pithless
pithlike
pithoi
pithos
pithy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PITHECANTHROPUS

Apus
artocarpus
blue-ringed octopus
carpus
habeas corpus
intercampus
Lepus
magnum opus
Mount Olympus
Mount Scopus
Oedipus
paranthropus
platypus
Priapus
pus
rumpus
seropus
sinanthropus
xenopus
zinjanthropus

Synonyms and antonyms of pithecanthropus in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pithecanthropus» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

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pithecanthropus
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Translator English - Hindi

pithecanthropus
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Translator English - Arabic

البيتيكانتروبوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

питекантроп
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pithecanthropus
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Translator English - Bengali

pithecanthropus
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Translator English - French

pithécanthrope
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Translator English - Malay

Pithecanthropus
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Translator English - German

pithecanthropus
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Translator English - Japanese

ピテカントロプス属
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Translator English - Korean

pithecanthropus
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Pithecanthropus
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pithecanthropus
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Translator English - Tamil

pithecanthropus
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Translator English - Marathi

पायहेकॅन्थ्रोपस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Java insanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Pithecanthropus
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Translator English - Polish

pithecanthropus
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Translator English - Ukrainian

пітекантроп
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Pithecanthropus
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Translator English - Greek

pithecanthropus
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Pithecanthropus
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Translator English - Swedish

Pithecanthropus
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Pithecanthropus
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PITHECANTHROPUS»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PITHECANTHROPUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pithecanthropus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PITHECANTHROPUS»

Discover the use of pithecanthropus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pithecanthropus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The American Response to Pithecanthropus Erectus: The ...
The 1894 announcement of the discovery of Pithecanthropus erectus (now recognized scientifically as Homo erectus and popularly as "Java Man") by the Dutch anatomist Eugene Dubois represents an important milestone in the development of ...
David R. Angerhofer, 2008
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Java Man: How Two Geologists Changed Our Understanding of ...
Sadly, Black died prematurely of a heart attack while sitting at his desk, in March 1933. His place was taken by the German anatomist Franz Weidenreich. In Black's view, there were many similarities between Sinanthropus and Pithecanthropus ...
Carl C. Swisher III, Garniss H. Curtis, Roger Lewin, 2001
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The Primate Fossil Record
He argued that Sinanthropus shares almost all its essential characters with Pithecanthropus with only a few exceptions. For example, Sinanthropus has a larger cranial capacity than Pithecanthropus. Furthermore, the Sinanthropus frontal has ...
Walter Carl Hartwig, 2002
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Through Eugène Dubois' Eyes: Stills of a Turbulent Life
squirrel DUB03968 H (62.) rabbit DUB03969 0 (\32.)Chiromys madagascarienis DUBO3970 0 (\3\.)Chiromys madagascarienis DUB0397 1 □ Homo erectus»> modem human DUB03972 B femur Pithecanthropus (64) DUB03973 B schematic ...
Paulinus Cornelis Hendricus Albers, John De Vos, 2010
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Paleoanthropology: Morphology and Paleoecology
Types of Pithecanthropus Pithecanthropus erectus: seems to be confined to Middle Pleistocene Trinil beds and is comparable to Sinanthropus pekinensis from China and to the Pithecanthropus skull from the upper part of Bed II of Olduvai.
Russell H. Tuttle, 1975
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Morphology and Anthropology: A Handbook for Students
If now we start with the value of the brain-weight of Pithecanthropus erectus*, and calculate the corresponding body-weight on the assumption (of Turner, Cunningham and other anatomists) that Pithecanthropus erectus was human, we find ...
Wynfrid Laurence Henry Duckworth, 1904
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The Man who Found the Missing Link: Eugène Dubois and His ...
1935 "On the Gibbon-like appearance of Pithecanthropus erectus." P.K.A.W., vol. 38, pt. 6, pp. 578-85. "Pithecanthropus erectus als organisme." Handelingen 2sste Nederlandsch Natuur- en Geneeskundig Congres, Leiden 23-25 April 1935, ...
Pat Shipman, 2002
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Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-general's ...
Pithecanthropus erectus. thropus erectus comme precurseur presume de l' homme. Bull. Soc. d'anthrop. de Par., 1895, 4. h., vi, 12-47. • . Deuxieme etude sur le Pithecanthropus erectus comuie £recurseur presume de l'homnie. Ibid., 653-651.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.), 1908
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Establishment of a Geologic Framework for Paleoanthropology
10-14. , 1894, Pithecanthropus erectus, einen menschenaenliche Uebergangsform aus Java: Batavia, Landesdruckerei, p. 1-39. , 1896, Pithecanthropus erectus, eine menschena ehnliche Uebergangsform: Compte- rendu des seances du ...
Léo F. Laporte, 1990
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Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection
Naturk. in WUrtemberg, Stuttgart, vol. 54, pp. 1-144, 1808. Pithecanthropus, pp. 98-112. No reason to suppose that the remains pertained to more than one individual, a fossil anthropoid ape with an unusually large brain. Each known genus of ...
‎1896

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PITHECANTHROPUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pithecanthropus is used in the context of the following news items.
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Seattle/Spokane Producer Nice Nate Drops Impressive Mingus …
... Bandcamp that's a sly tribute to innovative jazz bassist/composer Charles Mingus and his inspirational 1956 album Pithecanthropus Erectus. «TheStranger.com, Jun 15»
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Pre-historic Manipur :: Part 2
From the anthropological term the elements of human beings discovered in the areas are known as Pithecanthropus. It is also said the ... «E-Pao.net, Mar 15»
3
Another Ancient Discovery For Indonesia, and Human History
... called Trinil, where, in the 1890s, Dutch paleontologist Eugéne Dubois discovered fossil remains of Pithecanthropus erectus, or “Java Man. «Wall Street Journal, Dec 14»
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Oldest ever engraving discovered on 500000-year-old shell
The Dutch physician and researcher Eugène Dubois excavated the shells, and also discovered the Pithecanthropus erectus – known today as ... «HeritageDaily, Dec 14»
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World's Oldest Art Identified in Half-Million-Year-Old Zigzag
Among them were the first specimens of what Dubois called Pithecanthropus erectus, later known as Homo erectus: They were the first in their ... «National Geographic, Dec 14»
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Rogers/Fincker/Duscombs: Whahay review – a classic from one of …
... in improvised bursts on a churning Pithecanthropus Erectus. Reincarnation of a Lovebird is a playfully loose call-and-response conversation ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»
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Marquis Hill wins Thelonious Monk International Trumpet …
He capped off his semifinal performance with a thrilling rendering of Charles Mingus' skulking, 'Pithecanthropus Erectus'. O'Farrill's maturity ... «Jazzwise magazine, Nov 14»
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Boundaries Are Conventions. And The Bone Clocks Author David …
... part Grand Theft Auto, and part—I have no idea what to call the part about the adventures of a chicken, a goat, and a literate Pithecanthropus. «Vulture, Aug 14»
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FAST FACTS: Get to know Indonesia
The oldest hominin fossils Anthropopithecus erectus, later on named Pithecanthropus erectus, were discovered in Indonesia. These early ... «Rappler, Aug 14»
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Art and Evolution: a Work in Progress
In her work, Variations, Sures juxtaposed her drawings with woodblock prints inspired by the jazz album Pithecanthropus erectus by Charles ... «Scientific American, May 14»

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