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

Some anthropologists consider, however, that the Peking Man possessed already certain characteristics peculiar to the yellow race.

From Project Gutenberg

After the period of the Peking Man there comes a great gap in our knowledge.

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