Definition of Trinil man

1. Noun. Fossil remains found in Java; formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus.

Exact synonyms: Java Man
Generic synonyms: Homo Erectus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trinil Man

Trimurti
Trina
Trinectes
Trinectes maculatus
Tring
Tringa flavipes
Tringa melanoleuca
Tringa nebularia
Tringa totanus
Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago dollar
Trinidadian
Trinidadian and Tobagonian
Trinidadians
Trinil man
Trinitarian
Trinitarianism
Trinitarians
Trinity
Trinity Monday
Trinity River
Trinity Sunday
Trionychidae
Trionyx muticus
Trionyx spiniferus
Triopidae
Triops
Triostium
Triostium perfoliatum

Literary usage of Trinil man

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Growth of a Planet by Edwin Sharpe Grew (1911)
"If we judge by these criteria, the Trinil "man" must have been very ... The Trinil man's speech area is twice as great as that of the anthropoid apes, ..."

2. Exploring the Borderlands: Documents of the Committee on Common Problems of by Joe Cain (2004)
"The gap between the early giant type and trinil man is closed by H. ... and that between trinil man (erectus) and modern man is bridged by soloensis. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"trinil man. See MAN, PREHISTORIC RACES OK. TRINITARIAN, one who believes in the doctrine of the Trinity, the union of three persons, Father, ..."

4. The Romance of Modern Geology: Describing in Simple But Exact Language the by Edwin Sharpe Grew (1909)
"Virtually three links have been found in the chain of human ancestry. The earliest is represented by the "trinil man" of Java, found by Dubois in 1890, ..."

5. Report of the Secretary and the Financial Report of the Executive Committee by Smithsonian Institution (1921)
"In physical anthropology there were added several casts of the remains of the famous trinil man of Java, ..."

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