Peking man

noun

1. the skeletal remains of Homo erectus, formerly classified as Sinanthropus pekinensis, found at Zhoukoudian, near Peking, China (now Beijing), in the late 1930s and early 1940s and subsequently lost during World War II.

Peking man

noun

1. an early type of man, Homo erectus, remains of which, of the Lower Palaeolithic age, were found in a cave near Peking (now Beijing), China, in 1927

Peking man

/ pē′kĭng′ /

1. See sinanthropus

Example Sentences

The animal was named to honor Davidson Black, the Canadian scientist who studied the early human ancestor known as Peking man.

From New York Times

His father, George, was a Scottish geologist and Presbyterian who was involved in the discovery of the Peking man fossils.

From New York Times