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〔pithecanthropus〕An extinct primate postulated from bones found in Java in 1891 and originally designatedPithecanthropus erectus because it was thought to represent a species evolutionarily between apes and human beings. Pithecanthropus is now classified as Homo erectus. 爪哇猿人:一绝种的猿人,据1891年爪哇发现的骨头推测出,因为认为它可能属于一种介于猿与人之间的物种,所以早先将其认定为爪哇直立猿人 。现在这种猿人被归为 直立人 〔zinjanthropus〕An extinct primate postulated from bones found in Tanzania in 1959 and originally designatedZinjanthropus boisei by Louis S.B. Leakey. It was later shown to be an australopithecine and renamed Australopithecus boisei. 东非人属:从1959年在坦桑尼亚发现的骨骼推测出的已灭绝灵长目动物,刘易斯S.B.利基最初将其命名为东非人属人 。后来证明是南方古猿并更名为 南方古猿属人 |