sinanthropus

noun

sin·​an·​thro·​pus

sə̇ˈnan(t)thrəpəs,

ˌsiˌnanˈthrōpəs

1

capitalized : a genus of fossil primitive men that includes the Peking man and is often considered generically inseparable on the one hand from Pithecanthropus and on the other from Homo

2

plural -es : peking man

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Late Latin Sinae, plural, Chinese + New Latin -anthropus

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