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pitecantropo ( approfondimento) m sing
- (storia) (paleontologia) ominide del pleistocene con caratteristiche intermedie tra la scimmia e l'uomo, rintracciato per la prima volta in Asia sudorientale alla fine del diciannovesimo secolo; corrisponde all' Homo erectus
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IPA: /piteˈkantropo/ /
dal latino scientifico Pithecanthropus ,formato dal greco πίϑηκος cioè "scimmia e ἄνϑρωπος ossia "uomo"; significa quindi "uomo scimmia"
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