sinanthropus
noun
sin·an·thro·pus
sə̇ˈnan(t)thrəpəs,
ˌsiˌnanˈthrōpəs
1
capitalized : a genus of fossil primitive men that includes the Peking man and is often considered generically inseparable on the one hand from Pithecanthropus and on the other from Homo
2
plural -es : peking man
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Late Latin Sinae, plural, Chinese + New Latin -anthropus