English Dictionary

pithecanthropoid

名詞

One of the first species of hominid that is considered truly human, originally classed as genus Pithecanthropus but now classed as genus Homo.

日本語の意味

初期の本当の人類と考えられるヒト科の一種。かつてはPithecanthropus属に分類されたが、現在はHomo属に属するとされる。

The museum's new exhibit featured a reconstructed pithecanthropoid that challenged visitors' perceptions of early human evolution.

博物館の新しい展示では、復元された初期人類の標本が公開され、来館者の初期人類の進化に関する認識を揺るがした。

意味（1）

One of the first species of hominid that is considered truly human, originally classed as genus Pithecanthropus but now classed as genus Homo.

And about 40,000 generations separate the australopithecines from their successors, the pithecanthropoids, whom we think of as the first animals that indisputably must be classed as men.

pithecanthropoids （ plural ）