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