Genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned

Usage examples of sinanthropus.

He characteristically has not spared himself in serving the interests of the Survey and the Cenozoic Laboratory and after his popularizing Sinanthropus for us in America I should have a relatively easy task before me a year from now when I will have to ask for more money from the powers that be.

In this case, the skeletal remains of Sinanthropus could be considered as simple hunting trophies, attributable, as were the traces of fire and industry, to a true Man, whose remains have not yet been found.

He then returned to China, where work was proceeding slowly at Zhoukodian, with no new major Sinanthropus finds reported.

Sinanthropus, thus removing Sinanthropus from his position as a new and important human ancestor.

But Breuil himself thought that Sinanthropus was the manufacturer of tools and maker of fire at Zhoukoudian.

He was clutching his reconstruction of the skull of Sinanthropus in his hand.

According to Weidenreich, the fossil remains of Sinanthropus individuals, particularly the skulls, suggested they had been the victims of cannibalism.

Some of the few long bones of Sinanthropus found at Zhoukoudian also displayed signs that to Weidenreich suggested human breakage, perhaps for obtaining marrow.

Weidenreich felt that cannibalism among Sinanthropus individuals was the most likely explanation.

Boule believed that the small cranial capacity of Sinanthropus implied that this hominid was not sufficiently intelligent to have made either fires or the stone and bone implements that were discovered in the cave.

If the remains of Sinanthropus were the trophies of a more intelligent hunter, who was that hunter and where were his remains?

Therefore, the hypothesis that a more intelligent species of hominid hunted Sinanthropus is not ruled out simply because its fossil bones have not yet been found at Zhoukoudian.

The type and distribution of stone tools also implied that Sinanthropus evolved.

In support of their first claim, Wu and Lin analyzed the cranial capacities of the 6 relatively complete Sinanthropus skulls found at Zhoukoudian.

Hence, contrary to the claim of Wu and Lin, the distribution of various kinds of stone tools does not imply that Sinanthropus evolved.