直ちょく立りつ猿えん人じん

noun

pithecanthrope; Pithecanthropus erectus

Anthropological term for an extinct hominid, now usually classified as Homo erectus. Rare in modern contexts; mainly encountered in historical or scientific literature.

• 直ちょく立りつ猿えん人じんは、かつてジャワ原げん人じんと呼よばれていた化か石せき人じん類るいの一いっ種しゅである。

  Pithecanthropus erectus is a type of fossil human once called Java Man.