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'''''Sinanthropus''''' (from Sino-, "[[China]]", and anthro-, "man") is an archaic [[genus]] in the [[scientific classification]] system to which the early [[hominid]] [[fossil]]s of [[Peking man]] and [[Lantian Man]] were once assigned. Both have now been reclassified as ''[[Homo erectus]]'', and the genus ''Sinanthropus'' is disused. |
'''''Sinanthropus''''' (from Sino-, "[[China]]", and anthro-, "man") is an archaic [[genus]] in the [[scientific classification]] system to which the early [[hominid]] [[fossil]]s of [[Peking man]] and [[Lantian Man]] were once assigned. Both have now been reclassified as ''[[Homo erectus]]'', and the genus ''Sinanthropus'' is disused. |
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* [[Peking Man]] — '''''Sinanthropus''' pekinensis'' (currently ''Homo erectus pekinensis'') |
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* [[Lantian Man]] — '''''Sinanthropus''' lantianensis'' (currently ''Homo erectus lantianensis'') |
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Revision as of 23:48, 10 July 2011
Sinanthropus (from Sino-, "China", and anthro-, "man") is an archaic genus in the scientific classification system to which the early hominid fossils of Peking man and Lantian Man were once assigned. Both have now been reclassified as Homo erectus, and the genus Sinanthropus is disused.
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