noun
Pithecanthropus erectus
Scientific name for an early hominin fossil species, now generally classified as Homo erectus. Used in paleoanthropology and historical contexts.
ピテカントロプス・エレクトゥスはジャワ原人とも呼ばれる。
Pithecanthropus erectus is also called Java Man.
Standard katakana spelling with interpunct for the scientific name.
Modern classification; Pithecanthropus erectus is now usually included under Homo erectus.
From New Latin Pithecanthropus erectus, coined by Eugène Dubois in 1894 from Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, 'ape') + ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, 'human') and Latin ērectus ('upright').