Lantian man

noun

Lan·​tian man

¦lanˌtyan-

variants or less commonly Lan-t'ien man

-ˌtyen-

: an extinct hominid known from parts of a skull excavated in China and now classified as a member of the genus Homo (H. erectus)

Word History

Etymology

from Lant'ien, district in Shensi province, China

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