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Definition of: Sinanthropus
(sin·an′thrə·pəs, sī′nan·thrō′·pəs) noun Paleontol.
A large–brained, well–developed hominid primate identified from extensive fossil remains discovered between 1927 and 1939 in the Pleistocene deposits of a cave near Peking, China. Also called Peking man. [<NL <Gk. Sinai Chinese + anthropos man]
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